this is news coming to you live from berlin. full silent in honor of the victims of the easter sunday attack. one question is on many people's minds could the easter sunday attacks have been

prevented her allegations that intelligence failures may have allowed the terror plot to succeed. also coming up. a decision that sends a chilling message about press freedom in myanmar the supreme court there rejects the final appeal of to jailed journalists who dared to report a damaging story about the country's military. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program people in sri lanka are marking a national day of mourning in the aftermath of the easter sunday bombing relatives of some of victims gathered for a mass funeral at st sebastian church in one of three churches hit in sunday's attacks because it's a small fishing town at the heart of sri lanka's small catholic community. see or

than a thousand people gathered to pay their respects. earlier the nation 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 warn police of a possible attack by the local jihadist group national talk he'd jump up with those reports apparently never reach prime minister run the victim a single and his cabinet that revelation has the country searching for answers after a day of carnage that just might have been prevented. has just 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 a 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 you kill these people. this is. groups who either follow. the more need then why the silicone look hunted. dozens of suspects have been arrested but questions and now being asked whether the attacks could have been prevented international intelligence had warned that a jihadi group was planning attacks but those warnings appear not to have reached the cabinets 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 work 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. it was give the latest now from mr like in capital colombo journalist jamila knowledge medina standing by for a surge of militant day is a day of mourning in sri lanka what's the atmosphere like in the capital. today's an extremely sad day prosecute around kearny as hundreds a fee for going to research going on in homes where mobs may have been going to be here and in fact right now as we speak there is a moscow theater going on in the gumball that the second bomb struck the center of

sdn church on sunday marking red every you see wherever you go you see people crying that much excuse trying to get into funeral homes yeah obviously being body such as before but before being on the first going but everybody's extremely sad that shocked and disappointed but more than that they have a scad well i mean it's their grief people must also be wondering how this could have happened what do we really know at this point about who was behind the attack . yes you know because health minister the logica ten other into the may down on down to money chuck everybody says that the local nationals town he'd tell my muslim that because hopes were behind these attacks when he said that the common man did not know who the speaker were because this is the first time they had heard of option of a nation but the record to which we have received is that last here was an

invention done to in a town called katan could be in the east of the country had held these up protests holding up the cards or saying that an organization called enough without so much was standing on that they were being harmed by disapproval and they were terrorists unfortunately protests had been you know what i mean somebody did show that wasn't going to them where someone standing would have gone and then the line then to live with this statue was apparently according to the government of the your choice responsible for the attack turned out to be good suicide bomber on funding so what to me nor of from maine commission we have received so far is that this group has been farming for some time but on perching i've seen nobody took any ne and on sunday they made their mark ready heavy duty now many are concerned about the apparent fact that prior warnings regarding the attacks were indeed unheeded partly

because of government infighting what does this say about the government's ability to protect the country. that's maybe a question being raised right now or does the government just take a buzz off protecting its citizens are more being followed from now on drugs because ever since i'm going to run and become a sin to admit to that the funny hats ironic as because measures were not taken that have been questions agrees with us government is now capable of being in the gov for them all. the obscene the pork that they just keep still going on between the president and the prime minister which has being an atheist and also over the last year oh there are questions being raised but it's still too early concept in yesterday come from the explosions on sunday morning cross stephanie the government and the president and says we have to want to get citizens. in light of the

weekend's bombings are people in sri lanka concerned about the risk of sectarian violence spreading again briefly if you can. yes that's an evening in fact there has been time i submitted things to countries have already been before touching sunday that some of the same mosques has been attacked and just today morning i was some before those who had gone to cover the funeral becomes hadn't heard all racist comments against them so that's an equal day's a fear that's moving from i was even pensions that. might be nice i mean the country and we just hope and pray that the security forces i ever saw working. thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was journalist jamila nudge machine in the sri lankan capital colombo. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in the philippines at least fifteen people have died in

a six point one magnitude earthquake that occurred north of manila rescue teams are looking for survivors under collapsed buildings another even stronger earthquake hit the south of the country but there were nor media reports of destruction there . counting has begun in egypt's referendum on draft constitutional amendments they potentially allow president abdel fattah el-sisi to stay in office until twenty thirty the amendments would also have boost the role of the military and expand the president's power over judicial appointments results are expected by saturday. and more than a thousand representatives of indigenous peoples from around the world have gathered in new york for the eighteenth 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 friends traditional knowledge.

beyond our supreme court has rejected the final appeal of two reuters journalists serving a prison sentence because of their reporting on the country's crackdown on the hinge of muslims. and wall own have spent more than sixteen months in detention already they were arrested during an investigation into the killing of ten revenge of muslim men during a military crackdown in the western part of myanmar a district court sentenced the two journalists to seven years in prison last september for illegally possessing official documents and they have since been awarded the pulitzer prize for their reporting for more now let's bring in d.-w. southeast asia correspondent charlotte cho some pill in bangkok charlotte now that this appeal has been rejected by the supreme court so what prospects if of if any do the journalists have of being released. well terry the supreme

court is mia mas top course the nation's top court so it's really quite any hopes for these two journalists a judicial reprieve that doesn't mean to say though that that all hope is lost a number of their colleagues royce's colleagues on twitter on twitter have said that they are still hopeful for the release of these two journalists their lawyers while his issued a statement he says that hopes to now moving towards perhaps a presidential gurpreet the either a retrial or a shorter sentence now there is no sign of that so far but support is of these two men who are behind bars are really calling on the international community now on their supporters to to push authorities in mia ma to come up with a different resolution to this ruling what message does this verdict send charlotte to other journalists investigating allegations of human rights violations in myanmar. well human rights groups in mia

ma have already documented a climate of fear they're calling it among journalists reporting from inside memo but of course this ruling will be another huge blow to them in fact in the amnesty international today issued a statement in response to this ruling saying that it was a blow to press freedom it was also just pointing out that it's not just journalists who are targeted by us authorities in mia ma they were made the point there are a number of people who've been arrested in recent days in fact for allegedly criticizing. in me and ma say there is a real concern among human rights groups about freedom of expression in mena. the jailed reuters journalists were investigating the persecution over hinge of muslims by the myanmar military their work was continued by their colleagues and the reporting is now one of pulitzer prize how this myanmar's government reacted to

that if at all. well since that reporting was published by reuters seven soldiers have been jailed for ten years in connection with the killing of ten muslims which we documented in that reuters investigation in general though authorities in me i'm on. abuses of civilians they say that their activities targeting the range of community a simply targeting insurgents and militants who are posing a threat to them in the region show it thank you very much for bringing us up to date there d.w. charlotte chelsea until they're in bangkok. you are watching d.w. news still to come rich in tradition but desperate to show they belong to the best hamburger tonight take on a young life's a club in the semifinals of the germany come. 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 cyberattacks 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 dissent mccance veto of blogs 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 secret services will soon be able to read all our communications are with i find that shocking. but still 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 a russian service

a new government watchdog would be able to monitor that traffic and political act and please me in the event of a major cyber attack. we must put a stop to extremist and radical propaganda on the internet and they could reach to a computer. 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 servants any that refuse will be banned from the us 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 in the war as planned in november. staying in russia but on a different track so to speak showcasing the country's military involvement in

syria russian soldiers have been battling the so-called islamic state in syria since two thousand and fifteen they've also been backing the syrian regime making russia a key player in the conflict now moscow is celebrating its accomplishments a train is crossing russia with war trophies on display weapons and technology they say was captured from the so-called islamic state the defense ministry says the train will travel almost thirty thousand kilometers across russia our correspondent yury rachet who followed it for several stops and filed this report from the city of cousin in the southwest of the country. 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 armored 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. of.

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 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 their human rights activists say private armies from russia are also fighting mercenaries who don't appear in any official figures. for months a big gray zone but no one knows the exact number of private soldiers fighting in syria many of them die that company. 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. that is going into well it's a war 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 seeing russia has to expose it and come clean with its hidden nontransparent structures in syria. after cazan 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. here in germany as thousands of activists spent there is your holiday raising little or the threat of nuclear war organizers said good weather and anxiety over

the current state of the world led to the strong turnout on march in particular aim to show germans how close to conflict is to home as tensions between the u.s. and russia intensify no to nuclear weapons yes to world peace that's the message of peace the march which as the caller organizes if he didn't rule with congenital dimension how people are scared will be a nuclear war and he would be one of the first targets. and i think that concern is spreading. yeah basin vishal is believed to harbor 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.

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. 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 base. there are a lot of young people here today and that makes me feel optimistic. intends to march again next and hopes to see even more young faces in the crowd. now to tyler and a different kind of battle the battle against the encroaching see a combination of climate change industrial farming and rapid urbanization has ravaged the country's fragile coastline and the mangrove forests that protected the result

a quarter of thailand's shores are roading threatening coastal communities and cultural landmarks. in ministry thirty years ago the buddhist temple stood in the middle of a village today it's surrounded by sea the villages fled years ago rebuilding their homes on higher ground but one man refuses to budge. that. if the temple were moved people would know that used to be one here that was destroyed. but if we stay and we gradually develop. we can go on. i think. we have it and he's floating temple have become symbols in the fight to restore thailand's fos to writing coast . vast mangrove forests used to hold the shows together but they've been disinvited to make way for shrimp and salt farms. there's now

a rush to restore the fragile ecosystem these volunteers have come from bangkok to help replant the coastal forests and hold the rosen which also threatens the thai capital. bangkok's mangroves also disappearing. some of the. submerged i mean just two kilometers from where people live. the. coastal communities have built bamboo barriers and cement pylons to hold back the advancing sea. some even reporting success but for abbott some there's little boy peace floating temple who ever see dry land again. monday night football in the bonus league fourth place prank for denied a victory in the last moments of post-war frankfurt scored first in the seventy eighth minute when you want to turn to guzman fired the ball in from close range

but as the clock ticked into injury time a pass from both felix klaus made it easy for john anthony brooks frankfurt could only manage a draw. now the german cup is down to its final four teams braman host by munich to morrow night but tonight's first semifinal feature features an interesting match up between hamburg and the like see hamburg were relegated from the been asleep the 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 thousand nine hundred eighty seven i heard suffering in the second tier may be nearing its end them sitting second in the table but it's not because of their recent form the top hasn't won the league 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 kind of both is feeling confident despite the caliber off their opponent. so how is of

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 arrangements like not getting found and the not going to make it easy for them we're going to do everything in our power to book a spot in that final even though we know how good luck. as i've been in this and he would like to hear us. good they're sitting third in the bundesliga table and are unbeaten in fourteen come. has the run of the cup hasn't been so smooth with hard ford wins against hoffenheim volves berg 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 for them so we don't expect an easy opponent and easy game to

win for leipsic would result in their first ever cup final i. and before we go just reminder of the top stories and we're following for you here today on w. news mass funerals are underway in sri lanka as people observe a national day of mourning the death toll from the easter sunday bombings has risen to three hundred ten intelligence chiefs say they warned police almost two weeks ago of planned attacks by local islamist extremists. and male nars supreme court has rejected the final appeal of two jailed reuters journalists they're serving a seven year sentence in prison relating to their reporting on the military crackdown against britain should most. you're watching news still to come in business this sunday spain is going to the polls it's the third election in four years in the country many problems remain unresolved after government coalitions

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