oh. this is deja news coming to you live from berlin sri lanka sacks top officials over the handling of intelligence related to sunday's suicide bombings meanwhile feelers are being has four people killed in the series of attacks the official death toll now stands at three hundred and fifty nine we get the latest from our correspondent in colombo also coming up north korea's leader arrives in russia for his first ever summit with president vladimir putin the standoff over north korea's nuclear weapons program is likely on the agenda. and pro-democracy activists get prison

sentences in hong kong leaders of the umbrella movement are to serve up to sixteen months in jail for holding protests demanding free elections plus one of those journalists the leader of a key to wrest the northern irish reporter was shot dead while on an assignment last week a nationalist militant group claims responsibility amid fears that before the escalation and violence in northern ireland. and on the. she has sacked its defense secretary over intelligence failures relating to the suicide bombings on easter sunday the government has confirmed that information about possible attacks had not been passed on to relevant authorities

the death toll has now risen to three hundred fifty nine investigators have it identify the perpetrators and are looking closely at whether international extremist groups may have provided support. a country on edge sri lankan police carried out a second controlled explosion of a suspicious vehicle on wednesday authorities are now trying to establish how the attackers were funded and if there were any international links. also i can say is that this group. of some of these suicide bombers most of them of educated. come from maybe the middle of the middle of the financially played independent place to go to cover these great stable financially. this so called islamic state has said it was behind the bombings a claim officials are investigating. the government must now explain why warnings

about possible attacks were not acted upon on tuesday sri lanka's president admitted there was an intelligence failure. but iraq there is a debate about why the security forces of this country did not act upon intelligence supplied by a friendly nation. i must point out that the information received by state intelligence units was not communicated to me by the officials responsible how i'd been informed of those details it might have been possible to take immediate action . amid the mounting questions the president has vowed to restructure the intelligence and security forces a decade after the civil war ended there are fears that the bombings could reignite underlying sectarian conflict. joining me now from colombo is journalist jim nice with the jimmy as sri lankan president has asked for the resignations of the

defense secretary and the national police chief how did that go down with b. well in the eye of the public at this moment of time changing these two officials is not going to do much damage control it is now confirmed that sri lanka's police that immediately had received prior information of possible terror attacks and they had failed to act and with the president and the government both claiming they were not informed it just goes on to show that there are c.d.s. lapses in the entire mission is ministration and that the public is very angry about this what the people need to nor i to now is not officials being asked to resign but they need our answers as to why these attacks happened why was nothing done to protect the public if there was a time for mission they also need from assurances given by the government and the president that such attacks will never take place and the security forces are capable of catching all those responsible not many right now in this country want

to know who has been asked to resign. and jimmy eat out of the nine suicide bombers were identified what do we know about the perpetrators. well according to the latest information which has been released by the government there are ninety five bombers and eight have been identified in fact one of the bombers was a female the government is telling us that almost all of us on which background and they were highly educated which is now a concern for this government in fact former army come under closer than yesterday morning that these attacks may have been planned by disco for about seven to eight years straight is not something which has been thought of recently where right now investigations are ongoing to see if this group was linked to any other radical group in the country and really the greater they have had any foreign links maurice if they're also telling us that this suspect more bombers to be out there in the hunt is ongoing for them for the next couple of beers will be very crucial because

obviously the government will be setting more light on who these people actually were the so-called islamic students clean responsibility for the attacks is there any indication that this was internationally coordinated. well at this moment of time the government does not have any hard evidence to say that these were directly involved in these attacks however we have been told that the investigation is ongoing to see what foreign things this group had the government is definitely certain that there has been a foreign being unable to tell us right now as to who the are and how does bombers have been linked to them so we'll just have to just wait and see. jamil not being in the sri lankan capital colombo thank you very much for that update from there thank you. north korea's leader kim jong un has arrived in eastern russia ahead of a summit with president putin and the meeting in the city of lady of

a stalker will be the first between the two leaders the main topics will be economic cooperation and north korea's nuclear program kim is concerned about us that sanctions against his country because of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program russia has called for the sanctions to be eased. because one is covering this story for us and joins me now and we posed a full house kim's reception in a bloody vostok well kim was received at the russian border with bread and salt which is a russian tradition for welcoming guests and he was also welcomed by an honor guard in vladivostok the city itself has taken some pains to prepare for kim's special limousine they even dug out the driveway to the train station according to some media reports so that his limousine would fit through the gate there and there are also additional security precautions in place the summit is expected to take place

on the island which is an island peninsula just off of all stocks and authorities have said that maritime traffic will actually be closed down in the area for the time of the summit this meeting has symbolic significance for russia of course which is trying to get an important more important role in the denuclearization process of the korean peninsula and to really show the world its importance on the world stage so i mean to small why this meeting is taking place now and what sort of expected expectations are there of this summit. well russia has actually invited kim to come to the country several times and the timing of this meeting now is interesting and it is significant it comes at a time when talks between the u.s. and north korea have actually stalled there was the summit in february between

trump and kim and north korean officials actually walked out last week north korean officials have been railing were railing against u.s. secretary of state mike pompei on saying that he should be taken off the talks so this is really kim kind of showing the world and showing the u.s. as well that he has other diplomatic options now when it comes to expectations it's hard to know whether we can expect a breakthrough here this is the first meeting and the two leaders between the two leaders and they'll probably just be sizing each other up for now it is a little bit of both the relations between the two countries how much influence does russia actually have on. well in some ways russia could be a good intermediary in this conflict whereas the u.s. is seen in north korea as kind of enemy number one russia has historic ties the soviet union was north korea's first backer main backer its first ally but

when it comes to economic leverage china of course has much more leverage because their north korea's main trading partner kim has come to russia as well looking for more trade opportunities so there could be some leeway there some way to get for russia to get more leverage through the economic cooperation that they could the two countries could build but it is significant to know that will be going to china for an economic forum just after his meeting with kim and presumably north korea will also be on the agenda there. thank you very much for that. not living up to some of the stories making news around the world in me and not least fifty people working in a mine a believed to have died in a mudslide in the north of the country the mud apparently came from

a collapsed reservoir used to contain material discarded during the mining process reports say three bodies have been recovered so far more than fifty are still missing. in south africa at least fifty people have died in flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains southern and eastern parts of the country have been especially hard hit in recent days in some coastal areas rescue workers have been digging through collapsed homes and other buildings. malawi has begun the world's first ever vaccination program against malaria one of the worst kilby killer as the vaccine should protect about one third of children in any nice while those who do catch malaria will suffer from a less severe form it took thirty years to develop the vaccine. court in hong kong has sentenced eight leading pro-democracy activists to a maximum of sixteen months in prison earlier this month the leaders of the so-called umbrella movement were found guilty of public nuisance under

a rarely use colonial era law the case has raised concerns about human rights in hong kong as authorities in mainland china exert greater control over the semi autonomy. street demos in hong kong come at a price. the key leaders of a pro-democracy movement which took to the streets five years ago have now been sentenced to jail by a hong kong court. as their right to hear that sentences some spoke out in favor of civil disobedience to the crowds that are gathered to support them. and i believe the room. whenever you want proof that. i will see a small. and more harm than good. the sentencing is the latest stage in years long protests which began back in twenty fourteen with the so-called umbrella movement for democracy the street protests

back then was sparked by beijing's decision to allow only candidates from a pre-approved list to take part in the election of the territory's chief executive the move led to demands for completely free elections and some of those who were sentenced today founded the occupy movement a mass sit in to block the city's financial district the movement joined with other student led protests and the demonstrations snowballed into what later became known as the umbrella movement some one point two million people are said to have taken to the streets and although the protests started out peacefully there were clashes with the police. that civil unrest might not hand with the organizers being put in jail as they were taken away for their prison terms they urged people to take to the streets this sunday. in

belfast the funeral for the mudded northern irish leader and the key is under way she was killed in writing in london derry last week let's bring you live pictures from that funeral you're seeing these live pictures coming from belfast. yes now she was shot dead while reproaching on the rioting as she stood behind a police line a small militant group called the new ira claimed responsibility for the death and apologized saying leader mckee was shot while as explained in a statement standing beside enemy forces which is their term for the police now female suspect is in custody now you're looking at pictures coming to you live from belfast of that funeral which is being attended by irish prime minister. and british prime minister to resign me as well as the irish president michael higgins . joining me now is mick

fealty he's a political analyst and founding editor of the northern ireland based blog now welcome back to what extent has leader mckee's murder prompted fears that the peace process is endangered. i think fear is the wrong word i think what has done is revealed some of the underbelly of the peace process because by and large the peace process has succeeded in at least one of its major objectives which was to rid northern ireland look intercon in a war of the truth about this is this is not intercom and all this took place in an entirely catholic area. but what it shows in a way is that. the fear of the political process as opposed to the peace process has left areas like the crack in the dairy completely outside the promise

of political process extreme poverty continues lack of employment opportunities young people getting involved with paramilitaries older man putting guns in young man's hands and we see how that has resulted in the death of you know larry mckay just last thursday just an hour from good friday and given that will there be consequences at the political and as well as at the social level. i think that. immediately of course and this is one of the ironies i think why this shooting husband's show has reported around the world so the state is because of the personality of the young person who was killed. was typical her of her generation she was well versed in digital communication she was well known of twitter. she had a very wide following and. by her force of personality i've encountered has.

created a great revulsion against her killers but trust questions will reinforce a mysterious where parents book in going to see our military has to punish their children and they punish them by shooting him through the leg with like the ten year despite the police protocol on playing the politicians well after the. write a mic political scientist thank you very much for that assessment on a liver mckee whose funeral is underway in belfast. and you were looking at live pictures of that funeral coming to you from belfast moving on now and the united nations security council has adopted a heavily watered down resolution on sexual violence in conflict zones now that measure was originally put forward by germany as

a centerpiece of its security council presidency but russian and chinese objections led to extensive revisions before the u.s. threatened to veto the resolution entirely critics say the new version does not do justice to sexual violence survivors and was ellen's. women in syria are a 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 who has brought this issue front and center during 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 a 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. so if i think we were hoping that our testimonies would pave the way for bringing i-s. to justice. however thousands of ideas elements are free thousands are detained without trial that is the nephew 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 scenes 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 says members shave off their bins and go back to their normal lives while they the victims never cam the council approves of the resolution but only after the text was watered down in order to get us support washington insisted language referring to reproductive health be removed before it approves the text because have warned it will be extremely hard to enforce the diluted version ladies and gentlemen. our correspondent in humphrey followed the meeting of the u.n. security council assessment german foreign minister heiko mass called the adoption of this resolution a milestone moment but the text certainly was very watered down and that was at the request of the u.s. mission which took issue with the text mention of survivors access to reproductive and sexual health care the us seeing that as a tacit endorsement of abortion and so u.n.

diplomats scramble to remove the mention of that entirely earning some rebuke from all the missions namely the u.k. france belgium and south africa all of which say that survivors of sexual violence should have the option of considering term a nation of pregnancy in the wake of rape that said overall this is symptomatic of a wider trump campaign to remove financing for these issues we've already seen the trumpet administration in recent months take away funding to n.g.o.s working with survivors of sexual violence to carry out abortions so overall this is certainly a setback for how effective the resolution will actually be. so that was. despondent in washington d.c. . now these days it's widely accepted that people around the world sure we have far too much class take a spill using our oceans and there are mountains of feet on land in greece

designers from the netherlands are trying out an innovative way to recycle plastic in a park in greece plastic recycled into a new form with a new function. the seeding elements in the greek port city of saloniki are part of a project called print your city. plastic waste to stop cycled the furniture from a three d. printer. the idea came from the dutch design studio the new rock. from greece is one of the projects founders. plastic is a mis understood material which is it's not the material that's the problem because i don't know how we use it packaging for example. it might only be used for a few seconds but it never degrades but you know if we use it in some other way later we can change things and improve our lives. this is precisely what hopes to achieve with the project. it is the guy who designed the furniture to allow people to experience public spaces in

a new way with different last years. rather than sitting right they can relax a bit more if they were sitting in their own living room. this is the feeling we'd like to put across and bring private living space into public spaces and the fate of mental emotional. anyone who wishes to participate can suggest designs online for select pieces of furniture from the various templates the ones that are selected most often go into print product a bit i was so happy when i was walking through town one day and saw that a bench i had designed had been printed and now it's there for everyone to be out. as soon as a new design. template goes online the amount of recycled plastic needed for the three d. printing process is calculated automatically. at the zero waste lab a research initiative of the new raw people in testimony he can find out about recycling and deposit the plastic trash cleaned sorted shredded and melted down.

only i don't like to just throw things out at all but it was a side i think we ought to have a responsible attitude toward our planet. after all we use its resources year by year. it takes about seventy kilos of plastic and ten hours to make a park bench from a three d. printer. none of the colorful seats are given placed around thessaloniki center and more planned for eventually the idea is to spread them all around the city. the combination of recycling and design is proving a hit with the locals and visitors alike. lips competition it's very impressive to see that you can transform waste into something a static in this way you're picking up everyone can enjoy it and sit here with

their friends it's a definite gain you people there's nothing negative about it people the. end of the park benches never fall apart they'll simply be recycled if it's a good idea and a sustainable one. turning out his forte and football leipzig have reached the final of the german cup for the first time they dismantled hamburg three one use a force and opened the scoring for leipzig just twelve minutes into the match the bucket struck the right back to give hand the fans hope that is until an open early in the second half followed by a need for spags strike finish things off and. sixty. in tennis the boston open saw its biggest upset so far as well number three other xander sphero have fell in the second round to chile and nicholas hardy the hardy is what is called a lucky loser in tournament tennis because he lost during qualifying but he snuck

in because another player dropped out he lost the first set is fair but took the second two to notch the biggest win office korea. has reminded the top stories that we're following for you and. officials in sri lanka say the death toll has risen to three hundred fifty nine after a series of suicide bombings on sunday there were also announced dozens more arrests a link to the attacks the sri lankan president has asked the country's police and defense chiefs to resign. and north korea's leader kim jong un has arrived in russia for talks with president vladimir putin the first ever summit between the two leaders is set for tomorrow with the standoff over north korea's nuclear program likely to be on the agenda. coming up next on news asia. demands grew for justice after the brutal killing of bangladeshi student for

reporting a schoolmaster perception harris meant to have you travel to a new structure village and met her family. that and more coming up indeed news is here to stay with us if your cat.

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snide if you want them probably most of them to come to. the climate exodus starts if you've heard it on t w. had a real talent resides. i come from there lots of people in fact more than a billion if you could lead not just democracy that's one reason i'm passionate about people and aspirations i'm sick and the sun so. much in the book is fried chicken but in hock to the for the fun one and i remember thinking at the time if the barley in vulcan for what anything can happen if people come together and unite for of course. when i do the news i often confronted difficult situations more conflict between does the mass scale i see to sponsor my shop you can translate speeches on policies and development just put the spotlight on issues that matter most congo food security question marshall niceish and. the not has

been achieved that so much more needs to be john and i think people have to be a concrete solutions my name is on the fact she's not in a walk into the jungle. this is the eve of the news asia coming up on the program a cry for justice from beyond the grave relatives and friends of most such a hard rafid dymov the consequences after she was bonded a life for reporting head teacher for sexual harassment can bank of theirs deliver for one of its door trust trust to jail for demanding democracy ongoing sentences protesters to prison for their role in the umbrella movement of twenty fourteen what now for the city's pro-democracy activists.