this is it really was gone from berlin sri lanka begins to bury its dead funerals take place for the first of three hundred twenty victims of the easter sunday attacks so-called islamic state now says it was behind the deadly bombings also coming out of germany trying to pass a resolution at the united nations tackling rate as a weapon of war but russia and china have watered down the measure and now the united states is threatening to veto it.

on my last rockets great to have you along everyone sure lanka is mourning the deaths of more than three hundred twenty people in the easter sunday bombings a country ground to a halt on tuesday morning to observe three minutes of silence while in the capital colombo people started burying their dead and our correspondent nimish ajaz while met a small community of christians in the capital grieving for their loved ones. a family waiting forty nine year old sean p. went to attend the easter service at st anthony's church. we have not heard from her since after multiple trips to the hospital and even the mortuary we have not found her. i only did it in the morning and we're only one of the know where she went to the church i'm sure it never did that she always comes home after going to

the church. but she never came back to knowing normally she's still not back to the ordinary we went and searched for her but we couldn't find her. we're still searching there's no information we only live in st anthony's was one of the eat locations hit in the cedar blasts on sunday all around it is a neighborhood in mourning residents here saw another explosion on monday in an abandoned when i speak will be to receive the bodies of friends and loved ones they silently contemplate their own survival a few feet from the site of two blasts as locals here prepare for few one of those they tell us that the death toll in labor would could have been much higher but for the practice that people closer to the charge of ben was on saturday evening and on sunday morning people who live father of eight and services the blasts hit on easter which was a sunday morning. this is

a mixed neighborhood people from all religions just like here many residents muslims and hindus pitch in to help local christians are unable to understand the carnage there and then a little who will say this is new for us you know even during the time of the tamil tigers we weren't targeted even the tsunami didn't damage this area and these attacks of shocked us. that the guards do stay this is so sad today's choose day we usually go to mass but the church is closed history lankans and especially residents of this neighborhood were very sad. but sadness and anger have to be put on hold to bid farewell to those who were lost. today colombo has come together to mourn. meanwhile investigations are underway over who might be responsible so-called islamic state claims it was behind the bombings intelligence officials

were reportedly warrant that attacks were imminent but from august president says these warnings were not shared with him about a shake up of sri lankan defense forces were earlier prime minister ronnell a victim are saying that officials were making good progress on investigations but want it's likely that there are more explosives and militants still at large. well joining me now from colombo is journalist jimmy deno jamila talk to us first about all these mischances or shalako as president says that intelligence reports were not shared with him what do we know about these serious lapses and intelligence at the very top of government. yes president mike to participate in an address the nation today evening admitted that there had been easier that's on on from the top of the intelligence the safety tells us and the

defense forces and he has said that we can the next twenty four of us he's going to change the heads of all defense forces and begin becoming one of the keys on the make changes in the police and the security forces he's saying that he had not been kept informed about prior he did not have proper and knowledge about these attacks and he said that he's going to launch an investigation into it. because he was the sitting us as very pleased that they had information that such a group was forming since two thousand and seventeen back under the local laws they never had nothing if you sense the suspect so basically these are going to be some high profile needs to seven to be held in the coming days and yet want to see some major changes in the defense forces so do you think that this defense shakeup or right now is part of the government trying to show that it is taking action

he has a lot of anger over suspecting the concrete evidence of timing saddam has become a finger at me says that the police have prior knowledge and people have accused them of stopping of the m.g.m. recent times of naming saying president bush has been saying that the president had meaning so i put that right now it's a strong and a read and i think six months coming up right now is just three years to the public that the government is looking into it and that want to see changes made immediately that the public can demand see if the coming days journalists are genuine national doing in the long can the capital colombo reporting thank you for your continued coverage. i'd like to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world with russian and north korean government sources have confirmed that north korean leader kim jong il will hold his first ever summit with

president vladimir putin on thursday or parishioners are no way in the eastern russian city of light of all stuck where the meeting is taking place. so the new african union leaders meeting in cairo have extended their fifteen day all to meet him first sudan's interim rulers to hand over power to a civilian government following the ouster of president omar al bashir meanwhile in sudan protests continue with tens of thousands of people joining rallies across the country. and in egypt egyptian voters have approved a series of controversial constitutional reforms which will see president of the fed to his sisi in power until twenty thirty in a referendum that took place over the weekend eighty eight percent of voters accept the changes which would extend the presidential term from four to six years and allow a c.c. to run for a third term he claims he needs more time to complete major development projects

and economic reforms the reforms also boost the powers of the army. all right let's take you now to cairo to journalist ruth michelson ruth a very strong mandate for these changes but just how free and fair was this vote. well you're certainly right that that. eighty eight. percent result sounds like a strong mandate and also plenty of questions about how free and fair and spoke was i spoke to several people plenty of people who said that they had been paid boxes of food in order to go to the polls. that the boxes of food were not designed to get them to vote a certain way but they also knew that once they were inside a polling station and that they could show their id to officials working there that they felt in some ways that they were under pressure in order to vote some don't.

and so this you know certainly raises questions about how spread the turnout is if not the overall thought it worth can you tell us a little more about what these reforms will mean. well as you mentioned they extend presidential terms from four to six years and it means that again for the next run for reelection in twenty twenty four is obviously expected to win it given that he won the last election with ninety seven point eight percent of the vote they need to stay in power until twenty thirty they also grant him increased control over the judiciary at me because he can pick the heads of the judiciary now and then also ensuring the military as well constitutionally now act as the guardians of democracy egypt with them and i gather that you've been talking to people are they worried about just how much power these changes will grant a present r.c.c. . certainly there are people that feel

these changes mean that c.c. will essentially be president for life the speaker of the parliament has already said that egypt made a new constitution as soon as twenty twenty nine. you know could allow. the. ages that would allow the even numbered. people i spoke with that wasn't really what was in their minds what seems to be really there was the feeling that their least it really matter what matters it was that they need to be and will be that went to the hopefuls not those who get it right ruth michaelson reporting from the egyptian capital cairo thank you for. the u.n. security council is taking up a resolution that condemns rape as a weapon of war in germany which currently chairs the council introduced a measure are adding in the washington post foreign minister heiko ma sent actor

angelina jolie have called for action against sexual violence in conflicts all they said impunity for perpetrators remain the norm and the measures facing resistance from the u.s. china and russia. earlier i spoke to do to correspondent helen humphrey and washington and put it to her that stopping rape being used as a weapon of war and punishing perpetrators is a long overdue. right later and i think essentially that is germany's argument as it bort this resolution to the table of the un security council in new york rape as a weapon of war is an international war crime that's been set out under the geneva convention for the past seventy years and germany's argument essentially was that it is time to end impunity it's time to send a fact finding missions collect evidence and prosecute the international criminal court obtain justice for these survive as all of these atrocious war crimes if you

compare it to other war crimes for example when there are allegations of genocide when there are allegations of chemical weapons attack being used fact finding missions sent that said though a lot of resistance now to this text at the u.n. security council and also mentally we could see is a very wanted down version of this text amounting to little more than an informal walking group on women peace and security helen hunt for your reporting there are a short while ago in northern ireland dissident group of the new irish republican army has said it killed journalists laura mckee during last week's violence and derry also known as londonderry mckee's death led to an outpouring of support and raised fears are over the stability of the northern irish peace process and his statements the new ira said mckee's death was accidental and that its members have been targeting security forces. the statement was received late on monday by the

northern irish newspaper the irish news in it the dissident republican group calling itself the new ira admits responsibility for the death of reliever mckee in the northern irish city of derry londonderry the group apologized saying the killing of the young journalist was not intentional. in the course of attacking the enemy lire mickey was tragically killed while standing beside enemy forces the ira officer are full and sincere apologies to the partner family and friends of larry mckee for her death that apology will do little to quell the anger and sadness at micky's killing friends and supporters dog symbolic bloody handprints on the sign outside the offices of the republican party syria which is accused of having links to the new ira experts believe the dissident group has about two hundred supporters they reject the good friday peace treaty which largely ended the violence in

northern ireland in one thousand nine hundred eight and now that peace seems more fragile than it has for decades. and a reminder of the top a stories that we're tracking for you this hour sri lanka has begun burying the victims of the easter sunday bomb attacks which killed over three hundred twenty people so-called islamic state has now claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings which targeted churches and hotels. the washington we knew still to come. twenty years after grounding its fleet so you gondar airlines is set to take off again it's just taken delivery of two brand new regional jet liners the first of six encourage toppers talks to our correspondents in the capital and he'll also be taking a look at these states the south africa's construction industry which is struggling

. those stories and a whole lot more coming up next in d.w. business africa with your heartfelt first i'm layla heraclea and reland on behalf of the entire news team thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us i'll see you tomorrow same time same place. your supply chain reaction. around six hundred years ago. in the midst of the revolution and for people.