this from. w. . this is news coming to you live from grief and anger in sri lanka as many could the easter sunday attacks have been prevented the country enters a day of mourning authorities also declare a state of emergency and make several arrests but people are asking did the terror plot succeed because of an intelligence failure also coming up

a decision that sends a chilling message about democracy and. the supreme court rejects a final appeal of two jailed journalists should be reported damaging story about the country's military. russia celebrates its victory in syria with a show train carrying to war trophies but does it tell the whole story of how the war is being fought. and in football there's german cup action tonight with the first of the semifinals fans from second division hamburg are dreaming of a cup win for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty seven but can they cope with the might of high flying life. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us we get in sri lanka where people are marking a national day of mourning in the aftermath of the east. sunday bombings the

country observed three minutes of silence at eight thirty am local time that's the moment when the first in a series of bombs detonated on sunday morning the death toll has now risen to three hundred ten. intelligence chiefs reportedly warned police of a possible attack by a local judge hardest group a national tell he but those reports apparently never reach prime minister running . and his cabinet that revelation has the country searching for answers after a day of carnage that might have been averted. as it's blown up in a controlled detonation outside st anthony's church one of several unexploded devices found a day after the attacks and sure lanka. people in colombo are on edge anxious there are more blasts to come scores of bomb detonators were also found at

the bus station authorities are now investigating whether the local jihadi group suspected of being behind the attacks received international support there is little history of islamist militants targeting christians in sri lanka even during the country's decades long civil war. i don't know why pyrrhus people. this is. groups who either follow. the morning then why the silicone look under. dozens of suspects have been arrested but questions are now being asked whether the attacks could have been prevented international intelligence had warned that a jihadi group was planning attacks for those warnings appear not to have reached the cabinet as the prime minister was not privy to security briefings after a rout with the country's president authorities have apologized for their failure

to act. but sri lanka woke up to more than political turmoil on tuesday a state of emergency has been imposed giving the military sweeping powers to say has also been declared a national day of mourning as the nation tries to come to terms with the deadliest violence to strike in recent piece times. let's get the latest now from the capital colombo journalist jamila nurturer dean joins us now to day is a day of mourning in sri lanka what's the atmosphere like in the capital. yesterday has been declared a national day of mourning across sri lanka and today indeed is an extremely extremely sad they reacting people are walking around or today have tears streaming down their cheeks people are trying to make the film was this one thing that anybody checked before being sent him but everybody is crying today they are crying

for the countries they are crying for the three hundred people who have died and they are crying that this could have been an attack which could have been positive the ovoid good but unfortunately the country paid a very heavy price so that mafia is just imagine that but. many people of course are also wondering amidst their grief who carried this out and why what do we know at this point about who was behind the attacks. yes so yesterday and threw down because health minister made an announcement which shocked the nation and he said that our local jihad is a group of listening he had his group the national tower he had to maslow's behind the. scenes then people who had been trying to search launches a school musicals exactly is now the information we have b.c. so far is that in two thousand and seventeen that was no christmas same school muslim dress event in a town called cock town quickly in the eastern part of the country rich had

exaction the war and the government against the crew had said that the snuff twelve thousand is forming and they had called them terrorists but unfortunately are given to learn being ignored and in february there was also another attack a very small attack some muslim us had gone and then to live with the statues and apparently one minister said beth one of the youths who was involved in the act was a suicide bomber the pentagon says in one of the sunday's explosions so so far what we know is that is the group has been forming for some time but unfortunately they made their mark in a very big way on sunday as you mentioned it appears that prior warnings about the attacks went on he did now that apparently happened in part because of government infighting what does this say about the government's ability to protect the country . well there are three e-mail questions now being raised that the government is

capable off that's acting this country going for the obvious it's a frightening thing. that the prior warning he was not kept informed and i did was what was his cabinet offering the president the site and all of the blame game seems to have started. and what the people want right now. whom. protecting it going forward obviously there has been several blunders because they can see if. somebody had to respond to the story . similar story with this before we talk more like to have a look at the historical background of sri lanka and the kind of tensions it's faced before. for many outsiders and tourists tree longer is a storybook travel destination an exotic island in the indian ocean offering pristine beaches untouched nature and eastern cultural heritage but to meet the

postcard tourism pitch is a more complicated reality a british colony until nine hundred forty eight the country kept its colonial era name cylon until constitutional reforms in one thousand nine hundred seventy two tree lanka is widely considered to be one of asia's oldest democracies and it's a diverse one while sri lanka's population of twenty one point six million people is predominantly buddhist other religions are also significant hindus make up more than twelve percent of the population while muslims account for almost ten percent . and christians mostly catholic are seven percent of the population. those religions are spread across sri lanka's major ethnic groups about three quarters of sri lankans are sinhalese. with tunnel groups totaling more than fifteen percent and sri lankan morris making up most of the rest. when nationalist thomas pushed for independence in one thousand nine hundred three it

sparked a devastating civil war over the next twenty six years it's believed more than one hundred thousand people were killed the war ended in two thousand and nine with an all out government offensive that crushed the remaining tommo strongholds human rights watch later said the fighting constituted genocide. despite small scale acts of interethnic violence since tree lanka has been mostly at peace a tourism boom has bolstered economic growth and sri lankan officials are keen to shield the sector from instability and violence. in light of the weekend's bombings are people in sri lanka concerned that sectarian violence could flare up in a major way again yes there's a need to defuse a massive con sun which has spread among the public especially the muslim community in fact just falling. on there's

a paradox. to read that is really nice racism and i think it would be taking a country of course a guy has always been the united nations we are a country we took him well and we've managed to move on but it wasn't there the fact there have been i think there. must have been attacked but of course security has been high you be tough and the government has assured that they cannot love anyone please and i also read them but secondly because they have p.s. i call. on you the coming days ahead. thank you very much for that update that was journalist. in colombo. thank you. now to russia where the upper house of parliament has approved a controversial new internet law as did the lower house two weeks ago the law

supporters say it will help insulate the country from cyber attacks it aims to keep as much internet traffic as possible on russian servers but critics say it's just the latest move by the kremlin to stamp out the set. about political and social problems in russia he thinks the new role could spell the end of internet freedom. comes into force and all businesses comply with it secret services will soon be able to read communications i find that shocking. the legislation officially called the law or 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. in the event of a may just cyber attack. 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 u.s. companies will have to store their data on russian servants and either refuse will be banned from the rest 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 cut off 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 staying with russia but moving on to a foreign policy issue now the government's support of syrian president assad russian soldiers have been in syria since twenty fifteen but much of what the

troops do in syria remains a mystery for the past two months however russia has been publicly celebrating its supposed success a train of owner is crossing russia with war trophies on display weapons a technology that the russians say they captured from the so-called islamic state propaganda show is meant as a lesson in patriotism our correspondent yury or chateau followed the train for several stops. next stop the city of cars on arriving at ten in the morning the train is greeted with plenty of pomp the twenty cars carry ahmed tanks and other military tech seized by the russian army and its campaign to defeat the so-called islamic state in syria. even iowa slabs for the alleged production of chemical weapons are on display. it's a victory lap three sixty cities to inspire pride and patriotism at russia's

achievements what's not to celebrate. russia must see this train to avoid the horrors that unfortunately a fact of life in other parts of the world russians should understand the role of their country in fighting terrorism around the world. selfies are allowed and visitors are encouraged to ask about the spoils of war on board the so-called syria train according to the defense ministry all the soldiers on hand took part in the fighting for the past three years moscow has been helping the syrian army to fight this and keep president bashar al assad in power. our boys are helping the poor syrians. so much so. with success. what's russia doing in syria. so that you. will get some kind of assistance for the

country so that with the assistance of that it can have what's it called again peace that's it. guys are youth should see the tools of war so they know that war is terrible. absent from view other russians who didn't make it back from syria the defense ministry says one hundred sixteen soldiers were killed in combat but it's not just ordinary troops who are deployed there human rights activists say private armies from russia are also fighting mercenaries who don't appear in any official figures. for months a big grazer no one knows the exact number of private soldiers fighting in syria many of them die that. the families of some of the fallen mercenaries are trying to get compensation for the loss of their loved ones although these private soldiers fight alongside ordinary russian troops in syria the state has officially nothing

to do with them not only that private armies are forbidden in russia. or in syria has two sides one shows that russia is waging an official war on terrorism. the shadow side is the one we're not supposed to see russia has to expose it and come clean with its hidden nontransparent structures in syria. after cars on the syrian train is off to another city on its tour but as a symbol of a successful campaign against terrorism it leaves many questions unanswered. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the militant group new ira has admitted responsibility for the murder of northern ireland journalist lauren the key in a letter to local media it says mickey was quote tragically killed in the course of attacking the enemy while standing beside enemy forces. counting has begun in

egypt's referendum on draft constitutional amendments potentially to allow president sisi to stay in office until twenty thirty the amendments would also bolster the role of the military and expand the president's power over judicial appointments. i mean candidates in spain's general election clashed over how to handle catalonia is independence drive accusing each other of lying in a tense t.v. debate that left questions open on what coalition deals might be struck spain's parliamentary election on sunday is one of the most divisive since the country returned to democracy in the one nine hundred seventy s. . and more than a thousand representatives of indigenous peoples from all over the world have gathered in new york for the eight session of the united nations permanent forum on indigenous issues this year's session is focused on the generation transmission and

protection of indigenous peoples traditional. beyond our supreme court has rejected the final appeal of two reuters journalists serving in prison serving a prison sentence because of their reporting on the country's crackdown on revenge of muslims. and wall own have spent more than sixteen months in detention they were arrested during an investigation into the killing of ten rooms of muslim men during a military crackdown in the western part of myanmar a district court said sentenced to two journalists to seven years in prison last september for illegally possessing official documents they've since been awarded the surprise for their work well for more let's bring in david obvious charlotte chel some pills he's standing by for us in bangkok charlotte now that this appeal has been rejected what prospects to the journalists have

a being released. terry this was me and miles top court the supreme court that issued this that means essentially that legal avenues are exhausted for these two journalists now let's be clear that is a huge blow not just for the journalism cells but also for their wives who were in court to hear the verdict and the freedom of expression advocates and journalists who are living in me in ma that doesn't mean to say though that they've lost reuters journalists have been issuing numerous statements on twitter saying that they all still hopeful for the release of these two journalists the lawyers of the two men themselves the lawyers have also issued a statement they say that they're extremely disappointed but that they hope to. push for their cause with the president of mean mob pap's find a solution that way he also made the point that while this case may have been lost in the me in my legal system this is something that's got the attention of the

entire world human rights organizations diplomats around the world all deeply concerned about this case and what it means to me in moscow transition to democracy the lawyer was saying that he hopes that with a push from the international community something can be done to help these two journalists and all the journalists lawyers say that they were the defendants were set up and that no proof was provided to substantiate the charges against them have no more just as officials presented anything to counter those claims. well the supreme court said very little when it issued its ruling today but we know from a a previous court the high court that it believes that these two journalists simply didn't know it provides enough evidence of that innocence not is something that these two gentlemen the lawyer who famously counted they've defended their innocence all the way through this process even citing the fact the policeman

before the court said that offices had planted these secret documents on to the journalists now that's what this case has hinged on the secret documents that they were in possession of that new models say we're in violation of the official secrets act so of course there is a lot of concern now that with the legal process exhausted very little can be done to help these two journalists what message does this verdict said to charlotte to other journalists investigating allegations of human rights violations in myanmar. of course it sends an extremely damning message on the scenes national actually in the last couple of hours since this but it was this ruling was reach was issued a statement it said that it's a dark day for press freedom in germany it's cited a disturbing such in the arrest of. political spokes people.

of free speech advocates number of people who've been imprisoned has gone up in recent days a number of. arrested in the last couple of days so there is real concern not just for journalists in me a mob but also advocates of freedom of expression. thank you very much. from kill in bangkok. and we have some sports coming up for you later in the program here's a look at what is rich in tradition but desperate to show they've along with the best hamburger tonight take on a young life's a club in the semifinals of the german cup. here in germany thousands of activists spent their easter holiday raising the alarm over the threat of nuclear war organizers said good weather and anxiety over the

current state of the world led to a strong turnout one march in particular aim to show germans how close the conflict is to home as tensions between the u.s. and russia intensify. no weapons yes to world peace that's the message of peace to march which as the caller organizes it for yanira nashville didn't rule with in general. dimension how people are scared to be a nuclear war and he would be one of the first targets people realized and i think the concern is spreading. the airbase in vishal is believed to have a twenty american nuclear bombs in underground storage because 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's important to come out and show our support for a better peaceful world without nuclear weapons they're a danger to us all but 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 happiness you have to look around you there are a lot of young people here today and that makes me feel optimistic. intends to much again next and hopes to see even more young faces in the crowd. monday night football of the business league assault fourth place frankfurt denied victory in the last moments at the votes ball of frankfurt scored first in the seventy eighth minute when you're in a tunnel dig was fired the ball in from close range but as the clock ticked into injury time of pass from both spokes felix close made it easy for john anthony

brooks frankfurt could only manage the drawl. well german cup is down to its final four teams raman host by in munich to morrow but tonight's first semifinal features an interesting match up between hamburg and leipsic hamburg were relegated from the bundesliga last season for the first time in their history but suddenly this season fans are dreaming of a german cup title for the first time since one nine hundred eighty seven. i heard soldiering on the second tier may be nearing its end they're sitting second in the table but it's not because of their recent form the top hasn't won any game in their last five encounters in the german cup though it's been a different story france the semifinals with relative ease. their coach promised both is feeling confident despite the caliper off their opponent. so i wasn't

embassy and we've played very well at home in the cup as i now we have a chance to end up in the final arguments like not getting found and the we're not going to make it easy for them we're going to do everything in our power to book our spot in that final even though we know how good luck crisis and in this and he would like to his. life seeker good they're sitting third in the city to tell you will and are and beaten in fourteen come much as the run of the cup hasn't been so smoothly. hard ford wins against hoffenheim fallsburg and burke. and coach ralph ryan nick is way way of his opponents despite their recent poor form. morgan is put into this is the german cup and of course the match is in hamburg. in front of their own crowd they'll be desperate to seal a place in the final so we don't expect an easy opponent or an easy game

win for leipsic would result in their first ever cup final. this sunday spain is going to the polls it's the third election in four years many problems remain unresolved after government coalitions struggled and fell apart whether wins this election will face the challenge of trying to get the economy back on track. that story and much more still to come here on d w with monica sense and business up next thanks.

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