this is deja vu news live from berlin sri lanka announced as the suspected mastermind of the easter sunday bombings died in the attacks but the government warns of more possible strikes this as authorities significantly reduce the the death toll enough funding for attacks on six hotels and churches we'll hear more from colombo. also coming up china promotes its expanding battle at

a global summit in beijing the multi-trillion dollar belton's road project is a source of needed investment for some countries and a source of worry for others who see china expanding far beyond its borders. and protesters answer the call for a million strong marching through downtown converging on army headquarters in the capital to press the governing military council for civilian rule. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us. sri lanka's president says the suspected leader of the easter sunday attacks died in one of the hotel bombings speaking to press in the capital colombo my publicist and i also made an appeal against the backlash that muslim communities have seen in the wake of the attacks last night officials lowered the death toll by nearly a third to two hundred fifty. three but that news comes amid warnings of more

possible attacks with religious leaders urging people to stay away from mosques and from churches police are seeking one hundred forty people believed to have links with the islamic state. let's bring in journalist she joins us on the line from the capital colombo had there been several developments we've heard that the suspected leader of the attacks died in one of the bombings that you were at a government briefing today tell us more about what was said. a high in fact i just came back from a briefing with president my father take a note that he said that was now every going to prove that the head of the national sol needs a mosque who has been beings to sunday's explosion was killed when the trying to land goes on he also meant to shoot with the president also said that if he's a man the moment the hieron had that mission seems to be planning day when he must have mostly in fine back and guy he was an approximately guy maybe back from that

and when we came back here he saw the preaching and getting most afford to right now want to get your reading up on the president as he said that the longer than seven hundred tents are going to suspect. the baseline within days one hundred fifty also feature seventy have been arrested and seems the sunday's explosion so the president said that a massive manhunt was going on every man you suspect that we are going to call bradley but in the coming days that was everything's on houses only the country wouldn't see him and he closed the lobby with the force of the photons and. somehow seems to have figured out for he has been responsible for that and now i left a geisha is on going to meanwhile the death toll was lowered by i heard last night from magic the correction there why. are you. coming to a statement released by the house maybe kerry has now come down to some cases in

nine mbox we have been told you because of the city are just explosions that anybody thought the lighting along of the boss and in the house because then it's just trying to figure out exactly what's the death toll in the cycling that has been on the calculation of that because i guess it does have been reversed and you know what more can you tell us about the extent of the backlash against the muslim community. venting song that has been increasing the force which we have been receiving that would seem kind of human to. holmes blaming steve going into hiding because they've been kyra but the feeling of backlash in fact just now the president made an appeal to the nation not to look at all muslims as a terrorist so the truth is that he's been getting these from a chavez those write novels in that vein the leaving the extreme right back with a friday i've just come back from outside. the base heavy security

forces outside the mosque. and so i look in the meeting it seems to be at the moment. speaking to us on the line from colombo thank you for bringing us up to date. thank you very much. well as muslims increasingly fear a backlash in sri lanka there has also been a surge in violence against refugees from other countries both christian and islamic faith people who fled violence in their own countries have found themselves targeted once again as the. reports. show flip to sri lanka from pakistan for us. she left her home country with three young children and her husband because they were persecuted for being christian. her husband bears burn marks to prove it. but i'm a gamble where she ended up she could practice her feet freely last sunday she applied hair on her hands and feet to get ready for easter then the blasts hit.

mob descended on her neighborhood of pakistani refugees attacking homes and threatening reprisals even going on how many you have oil or your landlord told us not to return don't even return to your not safe here save yourselves and leave we can't offer you any protection but we're also a christian who also grief stricken because our brothers and sisters were killed in this blast but we can't do anything mother and her whole are clear now natasha and over one hundred other refugees are hiding out in the parking garage of this police station women men children christians and muslims of dance and box. the all male one similarity they are not tree long can. give our job as a little one if you cannot imagine how they behaved after the blasts sixty scores of people came into my house and attacked us. our landlady said i cannot protect

you it will be better if you leave. according to refugees rights activists all over twelve hundred people have been displaced from their homes and the attacks. they have taken shelter in mosques and police stations refugees in the course to the city of nic gamble include minority and ham of the muslims and christians fleeing persecution in pakistan and of guns fleeing insecurity in their own country now however they are all being threatened then displeased because locals view all foreigners with suspicion activists have begged georgia's armed civilians for help but to norway that already life as a deaf u.g.g. lunker is extremely challenging they cannot work so they undergo a lot of depression to do good does because the children and children for. many years do not do school. and people cannot work build it and people will

professional people. working you know going on the. precious my latasha mrs parker span she's also grateful for her life in tree lanka but for now home is this parking garage. and she doesn't know when that will end. let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world tens of thousands of people across colombia have marched in anti-government protests demonstrators say the government's plans to cut the education budget and change pension plans will strip universities of resources and a road workers' rights a number of people were arrested in the capital before thought after clashing with police. and other powerful cycling has made landfall in mozambique barely a month after cyclonic died devastated the country cycle in kenya battered northern mozambique after lashing the nation of camorra so overnight killing three people storm surges of up to five meters were reported in some areas. french president

tomorrow and moscow has promised significant tax cuts for working people especially the middle classes it's in response to months of weekly protests by the so-called gavel vest movement which have damaged his presidency mccall said there would be a return to public order and condemn the violent protests of recent months. a major summit is underway in beijing as china shows off the expansion of its key infrastructure project known as the belt and road initiative leaders from some thirty seven countries they're discussing the gigantic project with china's president xi jinping launched five years ago it is set to boost to trade between china and the world there are concerns that the project could lead to a market monopoly by china in response to further open the chinese market crackdown on intellectual property rights violations and also to abolish unfair state subsidies. five so what does china's belt and

road initiative its new version of the silk road actually involve well one route runs through central asia and moscow all the way to rotterdam in the other netherlands now this route actually consists of roads and railways as well as power stations and telecommunications networks and else hope. i fly and then there is the maritime self which will connect china with europe and africa and southeast asia as well now china has already invested billions in infrastructure projects along the way but critics are warning that president g.'s gigantic project is plunging its partners into debt giving china increasing power let's listen to chinese president xi jinping is response. to belton i wrote is not an exclusive club and it aims to promote green development when we are convinced that a more open china will further integrate itself into the world and deliver greater progress and prosperity for china and the world at large pushes you.

for more let's speak to a correspondent much he has been a he's standing by for us and beijing. so there was a lavish opening ceremony for the summit how much substance is there behind this show. if we talk about numbers there is a lot of substance trillions probably off dollars being poured into this project although reliable detailed figures are hard to come by if we talk about cheesy things promises of building a more sustainable ecologically and far financially about andro this is something we have to wait for this summit comes out at a time you have mentioned it where this project is earning a lot of criticism not only from western countries but also from those countries where most of the investments go to in south east asia south asia and africa. these

countries are concerned of course that they might not be able to repay the depth of these gigantic projects because the mid those concerns what do you think we can expect from the thumb it. this is a summit where china celebrates itself it's not a summit like like other international summits where certain countries come together and negotiate something the control is entirely in the hands of the chinese government the chinese government runs these foreign diplomats did not even have a schedule until recently. so that we might see an announcement in the end how much more money china is willing to poor into these projects we might see some kind of joint declaration but we are not going to see results as we would expect from from a summit like this at these countries agree to something that these countries bring in their views and find a solution to them yet you say is that china really

a savage thing itself as the number one global superpower or is there really rule for global cooperation. there is of course room for financial corporation for business cooperation businesses can join into these programs although there's a lot of suspicion that chinese businesses will always have an advantage but it's very it's very clear that this project is a project run by china controlled by china it's a project that china where china aims maybe not to dominate the world but to shape the rules of global trade and global infrastructure along its own needs all right accor spondylitis bellinger reporting for us in beijing thank you. thank you now as ass crowds have been converging on army headquarters in sudan's capital khartoum to press for civilian rule there answering calls for a million strong march to demand the country's new military government step aside

the military council took power earlier this month after deposing longtime president omar up a shock. and they've come from far and wide to take part in the million strong march opposition groups are relying on their strongest weapon the power of the street they're demanding the military step aside. i didn't wanted any we want civilian rule it's as simple as that my eyes in this should be jobs for everyone we have to get this country back on track but the lesson in. the protesters are trying to keep up pressure where it counts outside army headquarters in khartoum last night three controversial members of the military council step down a concession to the opposition. the military says the two sides already agree on many points a joint committee has been put into place to work out unresolved issues but the opposition remains skeptical. and the goals of the revolution are not negotiable

where the term and to implement them in full where only discussing how to reach these goals at the v's distrust runs deep after thirty years of dictatorship the protesters say they'll stay here until their demands are met. coming up next elections mean for africa. and sit down with leaders from business and politics to talk about that question they would ask. for their protests for the. full swing. of the last minute session of this particular year. and the result of that election is

going to be closely monitored in africa the continent.