this is d.w. news live from berlin tonight begins to bury its dead funerals are taking place for the first of three hundred twenty victims of the easter sunday suicide bombings so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility but as provided no proof also coming up the united nations security council has passed a resolution on sexual violence in conflict zones russia china and the united states all took issue with the german initiative.

i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome. is mourning the deaths of more than three hundred twenty people in the easter sunday suicide bombings the country ground to a halt tuesday morning to observe three minutes of silence while in colombo people begin burying the dead or corresponded in the net a small community of christians in the capital grieving for the people they've all . a family waiting forty nine year old sean p. went to attend the easter service at st anthony's church. they have not heard from her since after multiple trips to the hospital and even the mortuary they 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 if it ever did was she always comes home after going to the church did you but she never came back you know no no is she still not backward to go to an evening we went and searched for her because we couldn't find her. we're still searching for me there's no information we have only lived there for them in st anthony's was one of the ether 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 run as people read 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 a lot busier prepare for few one of those they tell us that the death toll in neighborhood could have been much higher but for the fact is that people clause of

the charges then was on saturday evening and on sunday morning people who live fathered over it 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 resident muslims and hindus pitch in to help local christians are unable to understand the carnage. you know and then the little blue thing this is new for us to make you know even during the time of the tamil tigers we were talking tens a lot of even the tsunami didn't damage this area these attacks of shop chess. the board that the god of tuesday 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 we're very sad that it was bad look at 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 well today the so-called islamic state claimed that it was behind the suicide bombings intelligence officials reportedly warned that attacks were imminent in. the country's president says that these warnings were not shared with him he has valid a shake up of sri lankan defense forces also today the country's prime minister told reporters that investigators are making good progress but warned it's a likely that there are more explosives and militants still at war which. are joining me now from colombo is journalist. it's good to have you with us again and we heard president today saying intelligence reports were not shared with him is that is the message here that political infighting in sri lanka is the reason that these warnings were not heeded and that nothing was done that could

have prevented this tragedy. present my photography descending on the breasts of a mission today easing said that since two thousand and seventeen we have a sense tested for about a radical group forming but according to the sri lankan results this is not test you know if you can take them into custody and then decide on once you success this happened of she doesn't value months at the to help it has no no prior warning take what the police will have to say but this seems to be a game game to slap a sense on this it still isn't the government leading to the sins of the heavy sunscreens the president so somebody has to pick responsibility and i found no one will come forward and when you say that apart this isn't the essence of what is going to happen now i mean is there pressure on the government to show that it is taking action and you know to replace someone i mean they have to find someone to

do to blame for this grotesque failure. things aren't perfect and i has openly said that she had not been kept informed about the science texts and so has simon is on has become a singer of having us and says basically i maintaining that these two of these last no surprises and so you sent us today evening said this isn't the next twenty four of us he's going to change his headset to defense forces and in the coming ones he does run the street me so that the seams and the police and the security forces so the coming few days is going to be asked to just be crucial to see what seems is the effort to see but what the public needs right now is a firm guess you're going to assess does not happen a scene doesn't go to your current and i'm not sure it's this is a democrat with us is a fitness the prime minister today said some very hard questions from reporters a valid the political infighting in the government he also managed there just to

talk a little bit about the investigation into why does happen to what did you tell us then the government of a prime minister has been maintained that maintaining that he had no prying commissions back not to you saying that most of the suspects have been over thirty bus them obama's out there and there's a message mannheim these have been gone for good sam give them that you said that that was obviously according hands that he said that there was love you there every step of the pools that gave i think to the i.c.c. . so right now what's beyond noting is that this big actions are going on and just having to do is have a big stand because they're trying to be journalist jimmy lee knows what do you need in these really capital colombo but the latest on the investigation there tonight thank you. well here are some of the other stories now that are making

headlines around the world russian and north korean government sources have confirmed that north korean leader kim jong un will hold his first ever summit with russian president vladimir putin on thursday preparations are underway in the eastern russian city of blood of all stuff where that meeting will take place mexican immigration officials have detained hundreds of central american migrants in the southern state of chiapas it's the biggest single raid since large groups started traversing the country last year in route to the u.s. mexico initially welcomed them but has hardened its stance since the increasing numbers started overwhelming u.s. border crossers more than a thousand representatives of indigenous peoples from all over 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 traditional no.

staying at the united nations the security council has adopted a heavily watered down resolution on sexual violence in conflict zones the measure was originally put forward by germany as the centerpiece of its security council presidency but russian and chinese objections led to extensive rewrites before the u.s. threatened to veto the resolution entirely critics say the end result failed the victims of weaponized sexual violence. women in syria. hinge a muslim women women in all wars throughout the ages allegations of rape as a weapon of war spring up wherever there is armed conflict rape is a war crime under the geneva convention but enforcing its prosecution has long remained unattainable german foreign minister high command has brought this issue front and center turning germany's term as chair of the un security council. also

coauthored an opinion piece in the washington post with actor angelina jolie urging the perpetrators of sexual violence be brought to justice while presiding over the council germany introduced a resolution which would make it easier to prosecute rapists and help victims among its supporters not. the activist and nobel prize laureate who survived years of i asked captivity and rape in her speech she criticized the u.n. for taking little action after use e.d.s. came forward to describe their ordeals it was also not so if i think we were hoping that our testimonies would pave the way for bringing i.a.s. to justice. however thousands of ideas elements are free thousands are detained without trial they just don't know if we come here today to ask that those perpetrators of genocide be brought to justice or i'm an. amal clooney the international human rights lawyer who represents nadia and other war crimes survivors give a strong call to action against i.a.s.

comparing passing the resolution to the trials of the perpetrators of the holocaust following world war two. excellent these ladies and gentlemen this is the your nuremberg moment your chance to stand on the right side of history. and to the thousands of women and girls who must watch i think members shave off their bit and go back to their normal lives while they the victims never can they counter a lot of truth to the resolution but only after the tax was watered down in order to get u.s. support washington insisted language referring to reproductive health be removed before it approves the text advocates have warned it will be extremely hard to enforce the diluted version ladies and you know how to read this resolution to do that i'm joined by so from maybe that's an aid organization which helps women in war and conflict zones because it's good to have you on the show

is this u.n. resolution the one that has been adopted is it going to help stop sexual violence being used as a weapon in war. i think as we saw since many years no resolution can stop it once and for ever i think it's just like one step forward but as we know there has been a lot of resolutions adopted already since the year two thousand on the issue of women peace and security and as in a smattering i appreciate a lot that tycho masson the german government is putting this very high on the agenda during their two years in the security council we also have just heard that the u.s. for example really opposed to it and some very some very important issues like sexual reparative health rights and access to safe abortion for women had been. raised thrawn from the from the new resolution that's really

a pity. what do you make of that that the fact that reproductive issues and abortion led to the watering down of this resolution. i mean you take that there are a lot of other good issues in the new resolution if i think could look through it until now but that would have been really a cornerstone for women's women's sexual and reproductive health rights because in in situation of crisis and after rape we have come as many come in geology wrecks and twenty five years with a lot of women and we have seen a lot of them with a very heavy burden to choose between and carrying their children are aborting their children born out of rape and if they carry it they face a lot of stigmatization from the society and that that's really something that should have they should have been given a choice and really hoped and i think that we are thankful also tried that he brought that issue on the agenda but you know the security council at the moment

there's a lot of backlash is this immense rights in the members that we have there you know you speak from experience even worked in this area for twenty five years you know what happens to women when they're in war zones the issue of abortion and how you just explained it do you think that was made clear. to the u.n. security council do you think that that was communicated as clearly as you just communicated i do think it was and i think that's just the issue that we see like d. us with the president to declare some self getting every woman he just wants to get an issue on women's rights in the in the whole back is facing a big backlash as many human rights issues and i think that's just one example of it this resolution it leaves it helps raise awareness about this this this problem

and the problem of impunity what has to be done now. i think it's very important to really put all efforts together to implement the recent actions that have been there including the new rissa lucian which has some good pieces in it also the new pieces in it the end because it's not general just said it it's not about not having the legal framework it's about implementing it and we are all of the women's activists around the thing since ages from really except to be taken. in seville if it's a wreath medicare montijo we appreciate you taking the time tonight to share your experience and your insights thank you very much you're welcome we're here in germany the right wing populist party alternative for germany which is known as the a.d.f. dean it wants germans to be proud of being german the party believes that people spend too much time apologizing for the crimes of the nazi era and it has to be

said that germany has developed what is called a culture of remembrance to ensure that a dark chapter in its history is not repeated that is respected around the world. not far from berlin sex and house and 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 so this is really depressing. makes me feel very sad little as 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 not forgotten especially among younger generations but the far right a.f.d. reject theirs 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 a you know the sentiments are not just expressed in parliamentary debates the director of the sachsenhausen memorial says sites like this are directly targeted by the far right. that mismatch minister from the not there was a group here that was either in the a.f.p. or aligned with it we don't know if they were party members who were denying nazi crimes but that an investigation by the public prosecutor's office is continuing much of these people even denied the existence of the gas chambers talking with what i thought they confirmed fed off come on. provocations like these are the cause of the 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 the public opinion may change. without financial support these institutions can no longer fulfill their educational mandate. and that is open to political manipulation produce off the list to a.s.d. says germany's nazi past should be seen in a wider context. 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 is 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 memorial service. finn the northern ireland

the dissident group the new irish republican army says it killed journalist labor maccie it happened during last week's violence in derry which is also known as londonderry mckee's death led to an outpouring of support and raised fears over the stability of the northern irish peace process in its statement the new i already said mickey's death was accidental and that its members had 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 at mit's responsibility for the death of relief in the northern irish city of derry londonderry the group apologized saying the killing of the young journalist was not intentional in the cause of attacking the enemy lire mickey was tragically killed while standing beside enemy forces the ira off

a full and sincere apologies to the patna family and friends of larry mckee. that apology will do little to quell the anger and sadness that mickey's killing friends and supporters don't 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. african leaders have agreed to give sudan's interim rulers more time to carry out democratic transition measures following the else think of a long time president bashir at a meeting in cairo today the african union extended its fifteen day old to meet him for the military to hand over power to a civilian government meanwhile in sudan protests continued on tuesday tens of

thousands of people joined rallies and sit ins across the country including in front of the military headquarters in the capital khartoum. earlier we spoke to our correspondent jeff are all due karim and we asked him what the opposition in sudan is planning to do next. here in the khartoum in sudan the tension is rising between the military council on one side and the protests or some other side i just talked to one of the leaders of sudanese professional association and he said if the military will not hand over the power to a civilian council then they will go for a generalist strike and for civil disobedience but the question is who is representing the civilian council this question is still being asked here in sudan because they are not united and not presenting all people's choice here in sudan and this is what the military council is taking advantage of and saying as long as

you are not united and you represent people's choice then we will not hand over the power so the tension according what i see will be intense the next days will be intense the next hours because there would be a blockade between the civilian council and the military transitional council that was over used for a new career reporting from the sudanese capital khartoum now to the middle east egyptians have approved a series of controversial constitutional reforms which will allow president abilify to see to stay in power until the year twenty thirty in a referendum that took place over the weekend eighty eight percent of voters approved the changes which would extend the presidential term from four to six years and allow l.c.c. to run for a third term though he says he needs more time in government to complete major development projects in economic reforms the changes also boost the powers of the

country's military. are joining us from cairo now is journalist ruth ruth good to have you on the program very strong mandate eighty more than eighty percent of the vote for these changes. that you know makes me wonder how fear in free there was this referendum do we know. well there are certainly plenty of questions about how creative that this election was despite the say the extremely strong outcome in favor of the change it's. the sad thing that even you know c.c. originally won reelection last year with ninety seven point eight percent but so you know neither of these results were expected to be quick to keep three also at. but you know i spoke to several people who had talked about being paid in boxes of food in order to go to the polls and that they certainly felt that once that they were in the polling station have

a shot in their right to each of the start working that if they totally get the changes that there would be some kind of punishment that you could find out and so this is an election that as the sage advice from to solve this second line where there are precedents counting things i heard today there were comparisons to mubarak's. with l.c.c. trying to use this referendum to consolidate his powers and of all the mubarak are are people in egypt are they worried about just how much power they have now given their president well i mean it certainly consigning there are people that say that they feel that this will more or less allow sisi to become president for life much in the style of mubarak and he say. that you know what though these amendments are supposed to only allow him to rule until twenty thirty that there is already the prospects that the constitution would be changed again before

that happens to allow him to same calories for. the changes do you increase his control over the judiciary and he also increase the military's role in the sickly shrine the military the guardians of democracy it is admirable in some way that he may even end up having more power with barak. or dribble with ruth michaelson with the latest from cairo tonight thank you very much. it's far darker news no the women's world cup kicks off in france in june one team will be there for only the second time is argentina though it's a far cry from the success of the men's team and some blame the lack of investment and the lack of interest in women's football at both club and national levels. another day on the boca juniors training pitch and want to fight us despite their rigorous schedule and the fact they play for one of south america's top clubs these

footballers don't receive a proper wage. the argentinian football association announced just last month that the sixteen women's teams in the top league will turn professional in june but even then not every player in those teams will be paid. can we going to go but i'm very difficult for a woman to play football on a pro level i mean if you just can't when you work or study at the same time you can't give one hundred percent on the pitch. and then it so happens that the women's national team doesn't do so well but nobody seems to realise that it's because of the circumstances. says america's football governing body comment ball has launched a push to encourage teams to show more interest in the women's game but progress has been slow in argentina according to sun not answer striker and self described football feminist marketing message it. was about well we've been playing since one

thousand nine hundred thirty one which is when man had just turned professional to put it simply we've been laid invisible all this time and people are only now realizing that but the truth is that women's football is one hundred years behind. given their struggles just qualifying for the world cup was an achievement for argentina and they're hopeful they can be a success on the international stage. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight the isis connection to.

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find food. floods and droughts climate change become the main driver of mass migration you couldn't write any about going to peace not if you want and probably most of them will come to. the climate exodus starts it will thirty years on t w. come to the new euro max you tube channel. a good final story. with exclusive. policy concerning our culture or a. place to be curious minds. do it yourself networkers. self subscribe don't miss out. for the first time paying for the europeans are in full swing and you're standing here today at the last plenary session of this particular european parliament because

we'll have a new one. and the result of that election is going to be closely monitored to africa with the continent up to all the chance of a complex relationship with europe. and also special program elections why they matter. from sri lanka the first image of a suspected suicide bomber c.c.t.v. captured this man with a backpack walking into a catholic church just moments before he unleashed carnage one of eight explosions that claimed three hundred twenty one lives today islamic state claimed responsibility but provided no proof it did provide this photo purporting to show the eight suicide bombers from sunday again this cannot be verified but it fits with what.