d.w. . this is the job you use live from berlin and terror raid in sri lanka at least over a dozen dead children after a shootout at the home of an alleged terrorist link to easter sunday steadily bombings authorities scenes explosives islamic state uniforms and flags appear from our correspondent in the sri lankan capital also coming out. a rare outpost of support for embattled venezuelan president nicolas maduro activists say gee a sit in at the country's embassy in washington d.c. to keep out the diplomats for opposition leader one flight zero. also on the show

south africa marks a quarter century since the end of apartheid was a true crime years ago and. we founded a new country. first saw the africa's. the president reaffirms the country's commitment to racial equality but for many of the wounds from decades of inforce segregation have never truly she. i'm max foster thanks for joining us. at least fifteen people six children are dead after sri lankan police raided a suspected islamist hideout the country's been scrambling to crack down on extremists including the so-called islamic state after the bombings that killed more than two hundred fifty people on easter sunday she like as president has

promised to search every household in the country until all those suspected with links to the attacks are found. another bomb blast in true lanka this time the victims suspected militants blew themselves up as special forces closed in on a safe house residents say this densely populated neighborhood was the scene of an intense gun battle that left several dead a young girl and a woman were pulled alive from the rubble. that. they could probably be their family members a mother and daughter they were sent to the nearest hospital. actually they had already gained consciousness as the army medical team had given them attention immediately. as investigators trying to piece together what happened here and the links to last week's attacks police carried out door to door searches in the area authorities in sri lanka are under pressure to deal swiftly with islamic extremism

. this won't stop so we won't stop either we are the army we are the type of people who protect the country we have the ability we will definitely in good time completely remove these groups from the northern province we're sure of this i say this with personal responsibility in. a series of raids on friday turned up bomb making material and a militant hideout one hundred thousand middle bowl's just like night sticks and fertilizer among the stash. it comes as the clean up operation of the signs of one of last weekend's bombings begins one hundred people were killed here after a series of police failures now sri lanka is trying to repair the damage. earlier we spoke with journalist jimi dean and asked her about the police raids and those being targeted. i think the funding is explosive and the police seem to be on

the best for a pond for anyone really to the national press in the days they want and yet the difference that i made by the fish and that information and that there was on a hundred and forty people in the concrete suspect up to happening that he could i mean they. had been arrested that the want to get they that the police are still looking for these people at the end and move on we connect that to be impeaching so far one hundred twenty the end expecting more arrests in the coming days journalist jamila nigel deane reporting from colombo and those are some of the other stories making news around the world. a summit on china's massive global infrastructure project belt and road edition it has wrapped up in beijing leaders from nearly forty countries attended chinese president xi jinping pledged that projects would be financially sustainable and environmentally friendly but critics

say the initiative increases chinese influence around the world by saddling poorer nations with crushing debts. mozambique's government is urging people in coastal regions to seek higher ground in the wake of cyclonic kenneth officials have warned that flooding and mudslides in the days ahead may come as well as heavy rains will be lashed the region so i clone kenneth made landfall last thursday thirty say it could bring twice as much rain as the deadly cycle and a day did last. final preparations are underway in spain for an election that could further inflame the country's political divisions prime minister pedro sanchez was forced to call the vote early after his government's draft budget failed to win the backing of parliament sunday poll is spain's third election in four years. and thousands of people are gathering in the venezuelan capital caracas for a rally in support of opposition leader and self appointed interim president on why

dope is currently pushing for a massive march on may the first against president nicolas maduro government a rally in support of the doro is planned for later today. stay with that story moved to washington d.c. where the venezuelan embassy just like the country's presidency is facing an uncertain future left wing activists supporting nicolas maduro have been occupying the building they're trying to stop diplomats who support from taking it over the u.s. government recognizes quite a as venezuela's leader but the activists say the u.s. government is helping engineer a coup you know used to humphrey has more. venezuela's power struggle is playing out he the country's u.s. embassy in washington d.c. for two weeks now american support is and then is when his embattled nicolas maduro occupied the building day and night they want to stop representatives an opposition leader and self declared interim president why do some setting up shop in the

leftist group calls itself the embassy protection collective is only one of its leaders shows us inside modern and ours does. blame venezuela's leaders for the country's economic and humanitarian crisis so much as her own right now if the united states actually cared about the economic situation in venezuela we would stop the economic coercive measures that were using you know the preventing them from having access to their gold in the bank of london or being able to use petro dollars you know we would stop you know we would let them have the assets that they have here in the united states of the united states is holding onto we would stop pressuring other countries who try to you know provide goods to them. other activists say they're concerned about the prospect of u.s. military intervention americans have a special duty to the people around the world to stand up and oppose that kind of aggression which is carried out in our name but without our approval. they accuse

the us of being part of what they see as an overthrow of power. i know so much about the various coups in which the united states has either been complicit or the instigator and i think this is a rare opportunity we have to interfere at of time. but time is running out for the activists if the u.s. government says the protest is breaking the law and will have to leave behind a western where your people are after workers embassies like the one behind me and now becoming flashpoints in an international talk of war between two men who both claim to be president of one country. nearly sixty nations have joined the trumpet ministration in backing one by doing it this embassy in washington remains a rare outpost of support from. the organizers of democracy protests in sudan say they've held productive talks with the country's ruling military council on for

a transitional government so the talks come out for thousands of protesters again turned out in the capital khartoum calling on the millet. to hand over power demonstrators have been massing outside army headquarters for three weeks even after the ousting of president omar al bashir on april eleventh. went to khartoum and talked to protesters there everyone i talked to in sudan is thinking about one question should power be in the hands of a civilian council or a military council i will ask what do you want a civilian government of course why because nothing's changed since we ousted al bashir and got a military government one soldier was replaced by another one where's the difference it's the same situation we've had before we got rid of a dictator and got another dictator so i want to civilian government together with a military one because the military provides protection if there's no military with a civilian government it's not complete the. people cherish their freedom

a military government leans towards full so that's why i'm hoping for a civilian government. with any. equipment that we should have civilian rule we should have freedom to change should favor civilian society but then here on the military role there's no freedom no god knows it should be civilian. so. we've had military rule for thirty years and every time they say two years two years and it goes on and on like that look at egypt general el-sisi said two years of military rule and he's still in power. if we're ruled by the military it'll be the same system. talking to people about the power struggle through. south africans have been marking twenty five years since the end of apartheid the country's system of enforce racial segregation on this day ninety ninety four president nelson

mandela's election brought an end to decades of white minority rule marking the start of a new era in the country's history so much progress has been made since then poverty remains widespread and the legacy of apartheid still large. south africa's president dance with supporters to mark the occasion the end of apartheid a quarter century ago. on this day twenty five years ago we founded a new country. as south africans a country that is defined by the principles of quality unity nine hundred shell ism and none six ism apartheid or forcible racial segregation became state policy nine hundred forty eight soon black south africans had the rights and often their property stripped away campaigners like nelson mandela were put in prison and protests were swiftly and often brutally put down. it was only

through pressure from the international community that the apartheid regime began to crumble. in one nine hundred ninety president goodluck villain decant released nelson mandela from prison today he says it took him a long time to understand the injustices of apartheid i have very good at that we couldn't sooner. you know he. just system now africans are equally on his the lawn but recently driven economic inequality here is some of the worst in the world and the dream of true equality is still out of reach for the poor. a shocking result in the bundesliga now dortmund's title hopes suffered a crushing blow as they lost at home to struggling rivals shaka the visitors came away with a four two win after a rollercoaster of

a game the match was largely decided within five crucial second half minutes when daniel cata jury scored shock as third goal and two dortmund players were sent off on friday night and helped its chances of qualifying for the champions league with an impressive away win against out spurs after falling behind early on they took control with. getting the. team mate i have hurts then gave labor clues in the lead just after half time with this big shots. and made it look easy winning by four one split. let's take a look at all the results so far from the weekend's one is the action leipzig secure champions league qualification with a two one win over freiburg frankfurt's hopes of a top four finish took a blow after a nail milled draw with her tough braman lost four one on the road to distil dorf last place hanover beat minds and secured

a crucial one nil win over mention. and on sunday face all spurred wild byron travel to nuremberg. in tennis domenech team has pulled off an upset at the barcelona open beating eleven time champion rafael nadal in the semifinal team took advantage of some uncharacteristic mistakes from the towel on his favorite surface to claim the match six four six four the defeat ends a run of three consecutive titles that team will now face russia's the needle that get it in sunday's final. resave formula one driver valtteri bottas has taken pole position in sunday's azerbaijan grand prix after setting the fastest lap in qualifying in the capital back to fellow mercedes driver lewis hamilton will line up alongside bought us at the front of the grid appleton is reigning world champion and has won the last two races his prime title rivals the best in fettle will start

in third place for ferrari. you're watching news up next a former ira fighter working to heal the scars from decades of violence in north there are and will be back with more news at the top of the hour stage you. have. a sex phone operator who worked her masters thesis on the potato. to breed. not to turn on well it's more residuals from their. literature list to live by the street. people here life they love their country but not the current conditions.