w. . l. at. the at. this is deja news coming to you live from berlin islamic state claims responsibility for the sri lanka bombings security video emerges that could show a suicide bomber entering of one of the churches he comes in at the back of the line of people and walks off to the left she lanka is under a state of emergency after sunday's attacks left more than three hundred people

dead meanwhile. the nation's fourth silent in honor of the victims of the attacks now a government junior minister has suggested that the bombing swell in group venge for the attacks on two mosques in new zealand last month. also coming up in min ma the supreme court rejects the final appeal of two jailed journalists who dared to report of atrocities by the country's military activists see this as a setback for press freedom. hello and welcome i'm honored that shima and sri lanka mourns the death of over three hundred people in the easter sunday bombings attention is turning to who might be responsible the islamic state says it was behind the multiple suicide blast although. it is not offered any proof in a separately

a sri lankan deputy government minister says some does bombings were carried out in revenge for last month's attacks on two mosques in new zealand fifty people died in that attack in christchurch. now our correspondent mission just swallowed went to a christian community also preparing to bury its dead and she sent us this report duties after the tragic loss that happened on easter sunday in colombo a neighborhood prepares to receive the bodies of loved ones that it has lost just of hundred metres from st anthony's church one of the locations which were hit amongst the eight locations where explosions happened on easter sunday and then also on the monday after it away and exploded just a few feet from heard this member who had actually called the police when they saw the suspicious man talk to your local stella's that they called the police and were

cleared out local christian communities are shocked these are funeral processions going on but they tell us that this is the first time they have been targeted in this fashion and she longed to say that even during the thirty year civil war they were not targeted by the l.t. some even say that the the damage from the tsunami did not reach this neighborhood but this started really close to three hundred lives lost colombo is in mourning colombo is in shock and people here tell us that even though they are white and that they're scared as christians but they are unwilling to leave that's not something that is an option to say this is their home and they even stand strong today is a national day of mourning across sri lanka and colombo itself of course is in mourning but also there's anger among the people because of reports that authorities may have had knowledge of the upcoming blasts off the upcoming planning off an attack but enough was not done. and that was. just reporting from

not only i spoke to germans just as i mention the country's deputy minister has said that he spoke in parliament about those attacks i asked her to tell us more about them let me have identified the attackers saying that they were from a group called the national college a mark and he said that they need to learn english suggestions have revealed that he was indeed ten years into could the christchurch attacks but he said flooding there figured out and they were going into this he also said that they are this is obviously a terrorist group and that there was a massive search operation which are still going on who are there any you want or anybody else who was in. that international call here so all right now what we are hearing is that to tell you to get there now is there any kind of information do you see anything about an international link to this local radical muslim group

that you were talking about because in the initial days the prime minister had mentioned that he felt that this small group may have got support from an international terrorist group. yes right now it has become a nuclear obvious that this group could not have operated on its own and they are definitely linked to a foreign international terror group and in fact time is running become a thing that gets air in cali months short while ago that. local group definitely has international and foreign ricks which is why they have a large following international assistance conducted to probe and he said this statement has been backed by iraq our president my conversation has also said he has appealed to the international community to assist sri lanka at this hour of need to all this just goes on to show that the district a group did not operate on its own and didn't abandon people prior warnings that an attack was imminent what exact information did the intelligence agencies have.

yes so what we are hearing is that during the first three coffee acquittal the state intelligence and the qualities had received information off possible terrorist attacks and just a few days ago soon after the town is extortion and minister confirms that kid security division had received a letter saying that security had been beefed up for the legislators and told me i p's we should go event on to prove that there was correct on our relief because unfortunately the prime minister says he was not aware of this and neither was his cabinet of ministers and that he could measures were not taken as a result that the government has allowed to look into this but this has also led to several questions and several months of in quick father calling for the resignation of the country's police chief over his negligence of non-action jim miller not with

in colombo thank you very much for talking to us. and it will now bring up to date with some of the stories making news around the world russian and north korean government sources have confirmed that north korean leader kim jong un will go to russia later this month for his first ever summit with president vladimir putin preparations are underway in the eastern city of lot of us talk where it's said the meeting will take place. in northern ireland police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of journalist leader on the key she was killed last week to and rioting in london dairy the militant group a new i read has admitted responsibility for the killing in a letter to local media it says mckee was tragically killed as it attacked what it called the enemy meaning the police going to use began in egypt referendum on a draft constitution amendments that potentially allow president sisi to stay in office until two thousand and thirty the amendments would also boost the rule of

the military and expand the president's power over judicial appointments results are expected by saturday. the main candidates in spain's general election clashed over how to handle catalonia independence drive by accusing each other of lying in a tense t.v. debate that left questions open on what might be struck spain's parliamentary election on sunday is about the most divisive since the country return to democracy in the one nine hundred seventy s. . meanwhile 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 muslims . van leeuwen have spent more than sixteen months in detention they've arrested doing an investigation to the killing of ten during a muslim men during a military crackdown in the western part of min ma

a district court sentenced the two journalists to seven years in prison last september for illegally possessing official documents they have since been awarded the pulitzer prize for their work. for more now d.w. southeast asia correspondent charlayne joins me charlotte now that this appeal has been rejected what prospect of the journalists have of being released. i mean it well there is now no higher court that these generals can take their appeal to the supreme court is me i'm on top court so that really does quash any hopes for these journalists of some sort of judicial reprieve that doesn't mean to say though that all hopes are lost their supporters have been putting out statements today saying that they will continue to do all they can to secure the release of these journalists a lawyer for the two men has also said that perhaps petitioning the president is an option of myanmar is an option that they will consider at the moment day there is

no sign of any sort of presidential pardon so you this ruling today really is a huge blow to the journalists themselves their wives who were in court to hear that ruling come down and also their supporters many of whom around the world d.p. concerned by this case and fear that it is a signal over a decline in freedom of expression in me and i am shocked what message does this verdict send to all the journalists investigating allegations of human rights violations in man ma. one human rights organization in the lead up to this ruling had documented what it called a climate of fear among journalists in me i'm on now this ruling today is likely to only increase that climate of fear and fight amnesty international has said that this is a real blow to press freedom in me and more also pointed out that that is not just

journalists who who it is concerned for what it also says that there has been a crackdown on freedom of expression among other critics of authorities in me m r it's pointed out that it's alleged that in the last few days a number of other critics have been arrested in mia ma so there is some real concern a lot of people as well very. angry actually rights groups. sushi the de facto leader of me in ma they'd hoped that she would come out in defense of these journalists and in fact she gave a statement in the build up to this ruling saying that she didn't believe that these journalists were arrested for journalism she said that in essence they violated the law and me and mom. reporting by these two who want to lose their colleagues has been awarded the pulitzer prize the house had gone down with authorities in myanmar. that's right their colleagues

from reuters completed the investigation following their arrest and published its findings now since those findings were released maher has arrested and jailed a number of soldiers in connection with that with the publication which allege that the military had been involved in the massacre. muslim men and boys and now the authorities in meum are in general deny any such atrocities they say that their crackdown on the muslims has been targeting insurgents and militants and it denies any attacks on civilians shortages a bill in bangkok thank you very much for that update. the philippines has been rocked by a series of powerful earthquakes to their quake with a magnitude of six point four hit the central regions there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage and it comes

a day after an earlier earthquake that shook the country's north and left at least sixteen people dead risk your teams us to searching for survivors after monday's tremor. and other big relief for rescuers pulled a survivor out of the rubble. they've been working around the clock since to strong tremor on monday but despite immense time pressure rescue us have to proceed carefully to avoid crushing anyone still trapped of course or you know stop sure of course the structure is big and heavy and we have to be careful in clearing the debris because there might be survivors. so it's hard but we're doing everything we can. this is the moment when the earthquake struck captured on a mobile phone water from a swimming pool cascading down a building. and here the aftermath several centuries old churches have been seriously damaged as well as some bridges houses and roads. the city of power i

can't locate it in the northern philippines near the capital manila it's one of the worst hit areas. one of this residence recalled to fear she experienced. or. maybe up but we were shocked and terrified we want expecting it to tour. but it only lasted about twenty seconds but it was very strong. it was our first time experiencing something like that in our whole lives why and i mean. but that was not the end of it today another strong tremor hit the nation this time in the center of the country. he watching the d.v.d. is coming up ahead russia's celebrates its success in syria with a train traveling across the nation to show off the war trophies but does it tell the whole story of how the war is being fought. but first here in germany

the right wing populist party the alternative f.t. once in german's to be proud of being chairman and that's because the party believes people spent too much time remembering the crimes of the nazi past jim lee has developed was scored a culture of remembrance to ensure that a doc chapter in its history is not defeated. not far from berlin sachsenhausen concentration camp was one of many sites where people were brutally annihilated on a huge scale german world war two school groups come here from across europe to learn about nazi atrocities. this is sort of this is really depressing. it makes me feel very sad little as if it's a horrible feeling to be here. until now there has been a consensus in german politics to ensure that the crimes of the nazi era are not forgotten especially among younger generations but the far right if de reject this

they claim nazi history takes up too much school time and say the culture of remembrance is bad for germany. the effect ladies and gentlemen is quite clear young people are systematically brought up to feel guilt and shame about being german and they learn to associate germany with evil is this to us it's these sentiments are not just expressed in parliament three debates the director of the sachsenhausen memorial says sites like this are directly targeted by the far right. minutes minister from a and there was a group here that was either in the f.t. or aligned with it that we don't know if they were party members who were denying nazi crimes at this time the investigation by the public prosecutor's office is continuing coverage of these people even denied the existence of the gas chambers talking with us what is of concern for us come on about. provocations like these

are only part of the a if these tactics for example in a state of bottom the party has tried to reduce public funding for memorials there is no majority support for such measures but some fear that public opinion may change. without financial support these institutions can no longer fulfill their educational mandate from. and that is open to political manipulation potential. to a.s.d. says germany's nazi past should be seen you know wider context. and we also want to focus on the positive aspects of german history because we think every nation needs positive points to identify with its feelings been in power what do you suppose you can do to pull stressing the favorable aspects of german history's pulling the wool over people's eyes and i think it's wrong and downright dangerous and we have done important work over decades taking

a critical look at our own history. our political conflicts that could affect the future of germany's public memorials. and for more i'm joined by dr felix clan his journeys and this image is him commissioner in frankfurt i welcome dr klein as we heard the father if he is trying to change the culture of remembrance that is so unique and so important to germany how divided are you that they will succeed. well they have attempted and we've seen several attacks against our remembrance culture and unfortunately we have to accept that many people in germany think. that way and of course government and all the other parties should work out strategies to show and to make it clear to the german public that our remembrance culture has made our democracy strong and is

really an asset for and for for our society and so what this is. as a new generation grows up in you and to me dr kant how do you see that culture of remembrance evolving. well the question is always. how how do we present the remembrance culture to the younger generations also to also to migrans people who've come to germany recently and we have to find new forms of remembrance culture that that appeals to everybody and of course it is. appalling to. note that a large number of german students does not know what auschwitz is what the concentration about the holocaust is and there we really have to find you on says and the memorial sites have been in a growing responsibility in that context to what extent is this rise of

anti-semitism a link to the rise of the far right in germany. well i wouldn't say that the far right also if the as a whole i wouldn't say that it's an anti-semitic party but unfortunately they have . used anti-semitic rhetoric and leading. politicians of the f.t. have openly expressed anti-semitic views and they do so because they think they will have success in the political arena so we have to. talk about that and to make it clear that any anti-semitic rhetoric wherever it comes from the far right from the far left or from muslims is not acceptable in our country right felix klein germany's anti semitism commish to thank you very much for talking to d w thank you to russia now where the government is showcasing the

country's military involvement in the syrian conflict russian troops have been there since two thousand and fifteen backing the regime of president bashar assad they've also been fighting the super islamic state now a train is making a nationwide tour of russia displaying war trophies weapons and technology the army says it captured in syria hit or chateau from a moscow bureau filed this report. next stop the city of cazan arriving at ten in the morning the train is greeted with plenty of pomp the twenty cars carrying armored tanks and other military tech seized by the russian army and its campaign to defeat the so-called islamic state in syria. even i yes many labs for the a legit production of chemical weapons are on display. it's a victory lap through sixty cities to inspire pride and patriotism and russia's achievement. what's not to celebrate. russia

must see this train to avoid the horror is that unfortunately a fact of life in other parts of the world russian should understand the role of the country in fighting terrorism around the world. no 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 against i-s. and keep president bashar al assad in power. but. 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. does our youth should see the tools of war so they know that war is terrible. absent from viewer the 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. what. to my it's a big gray zone but no one knows the exact number of private soldiers fighting in syria many of them die that. the families of some fallen mercenaries are trying to get compensation for losing 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 go in and 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 see russia has to expose it and come clean with its hidden nontransparent structures in syria. after cars on the syria train is off to another city on its tours but as a symbol of a successful campaign against terrorism it leaves many questions unanswered. now and i do most for feeling the german comp is done to it's funny fourteenth i'm talking about soccer of course they've been hosted by admitted to morrow but tonight's first semifinal features an interesting match up between hamburg and leipsic the hamburg were relegated from the bundesliga last season for the first time in their history but certainly this season fans are dreaming up in german cup

title for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty seven i covered suturing in the league a second tier may be nearing its end there sitting second in the table but it's not because of their recent form doesn't win 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 caliber of their opponent. two hours 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 argument let's not get in front but 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. and in this and he would like to hear some. good they're sitting third in the table and are him beaten in fourteen

come to. the run and the composite being so smooth hard for wins against hoffenheim fallsburg and bird. and coach ralph romnick is where you have his opponents despite their recent poor form. and 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 or an easy game win for leipsic would result in their first ever cup final. has reminded the top stories that we're following for you on d w mass field result underway in sri lanka as people observe a national day of mourning so full islamic state has claimed responsibility for the bombings while a government deputy minister has said they need the revenge for last month's attacks on mosques in christchurch new zealand. and me and my supreme court has

rejected the final appeal of two g. reuters journalists are serving a seven year prison sentence related to this reporting on a military crackdown against muslims. up next our documentary series kills a looks at the avocado posing the question is it a super food or an environmental killer still around for that thank you very much for a company i'm under the back. come .

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