this is d w news live from berlin tonight in a shocking video message to the world the proclaimed leader of islamic state says the suicide bombings in sri lanka were retaliation for syria it's the first time of . has been seen in five years experts say his speech is no longer clear but his message of hate is the same it's always been also coming up mozambique takes

a battering from the second cycle destroyed can just six weeks there's severe flooding with more original pours in the forecast and a new voice for turkey international broadcasters including v.w. respond to the government's crackdown on independent media with the launch of a new view to. bring gulf it's good to have you with us they thought that he was dead but it seems the leader of so-called islamic state. might still be alive and still in command in propaganda footage released today by a man believed to be baghdadi phrases the easter sunday suicide bombings in sri lanka which killed hundreds of christians he says that the attacks were to avenge the loss of islamic states last stronghold in syria he was the. in this two

thousand and fourteen video at the mosque in mosul he's been reported killed or wounded many times. shocking video when with me here in the studio to talk about it is analyst from the german it's a treat for international security affairs here in berlin good to see you again what do you make of this video i mean first of all can we be sure that this is who we think it is well i think so he looks like. he has grown old and he's not really concentrating he doesn't speak as well as he did when he announced his caliphate in the mosque in the most sort of five years ago but he's he's there and he's talking to his supporters he is in contact with the organization as it seems he mentions the attacks in saudi arabia recently the attack in sri lanka most importantly it was only a week ago which is only a week ago and i think that's the reason why he appears now he wanted to show

that after the losses in syria of the loss of the last village by who's in eastern syria a month ago the organization. still alive and kicking not only in sri lanka but also in saudi arabia and as we know in iraq this is a disturbing message he's saying we may not have a. caliphate but the organization is still able to attack where and when it wants to well but we know that the organization has prepared for the day when they lose. territory in iraq in syria by building i asked provinces from two thousand and fourteen in libya on the sinai in yemen and in many many other countries even the philippines and thereby they have broadened they have widened the front and he talks in this video he keeps talking about the provinces and about the need to fight the west. worldwide. we knew that isis is still

alive he must know that as well so why publish this video when what's the purpose of showing his face to the world to get i think the purpose is to show the whole world that. he has not been defeated in many important politicians believe that that the fight is over in iraq and syria you know they have said said that and the fight in iraq in syria is not over i guess is going back to its former self it has been an underground organization already between two thousand and six and two thousand and eleven in iraq the organization is back in northern iraq the organization is perpetrating attacks in syria and even more so than in the years between two thousand and six and two thousand and ten no it has it's. all over the muslim world who have proven to be very effective just like in sri lanka only

a week ago assuming this video is authentic what does it tell us about the power that. may or may not have now i mean is he the same leader that he was five years ago no definitely not he's he's not ruling a territory anymore he is very secretive he has always been very secretive but there are no hints in this video as to where he might hide you don't see the faces of his five or six supporters that are present with him in the video and it shows that he had to go into hiding and the video shows that i.a.s. where he is is an underground organization it's not an organization that is controlling territory anymore and because the organization has been defeated militarily all that territory has been defeated militarily he has to prove that he's still there and that is why we saw. the attacks in sri lanka and in saudi

arabia and that's why we see this video today he looks older as you said and we were also talking in the newsroom that he looks like he has gained weight over the last five years but his hands also look like they're swollen that maybe he's not healthy i mean what can we try to glean from this little bit of video well i have heard from friends in. the services that he has been hit that he was injured a while ago that small reliable than all the all these news about his death and it seems to me that he's not as eloquent as he has been in two thousand and fourteen he seems to have problems speaking quickly. he's still speaks clearly but his arabic is not as fluent as it was five years ago. he was to meet with the german institute for international security affairs as always we appreciate your analysis very important tonight thank you well it has been more than a week since the easter sunday suicide bombings in sri lanka the catholic church

there is urging the government to crack down harder on islamic extremists the archbishop of colombo is warning that the church might not be able to stop people from taking the law into their own hands if the government fails them yet again the scenes of everyday life on the streets of colombo underlying tension. after sunday's deadly bombings security remains tight for good reason officials say that terrorists are planning another wave of attacks using military uniforms and vehicles to disguise themselves the police are racing to root out the two extremist groups behind the massacre. on friday fifteen people died when security forces stormed the safe house in the city of terrorist mastermind sorry and ashamed three of those killed were his relatives. prime minister on the old vic. told the press that large amounts of chemicals have been found in the raid he said efforts must

now focus on finding those that are ready to strike again. and. to help find an emergency law has to use a face veils the move has been criticised by some who feel that it will alienate the country's muslim minority but for many muslims security concerns that way were just sensitivities for now. this is. the moment is not good yeah they have. said he saw that in the. next spring. but even if police manage to stop further attacks and religious tensions don't get out of hand the country's tourism chief estimates trust numbers will plunge by in

the coming months. and that's certain to have a lasting effect on sri lanka's economic wellbeing. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. president. touch has called the e.u. two week to jumpstart stalled peace talks between his country in serbia without help from the united states he was speaking on the sidelines during a summit of balkan nations in berlin which was called by germany and france serbia still refuses to recognize kosovo's independence following the balkan wars the commander of the u.s. military prison in guantanamo bay in cuba has been fired a statement from the u.s. southern command so i did a loss of confidence in the ability of rear admiral john ring to lead the controversial prison at guantanamo was set up to detain suspected terrorists captured overseas. after the nine eleven terror attacks in the us american director

john singleton has died after suffering a stroke at the age of fifty one he won a claim for his debut film boys in the hood about young men struggling with gang violence in los angeles at age twenty four singleton became the first african-american and youngest person ever to be nominated for an oscar for best director. well more to rain to rain is forecast for northern mozambique which has you can see it right there suffered severe flooding since cycling kenniff made landfall on sunday thirty eight people have been killed poor weather conditions of grounded flights and hindered aid efforts ken it is the second cycle and to devastate the country in two months six weeks ago cycle and even at the state devastated the region around barrow which is farther south. corresponded aging creek spoke with mozambique's prime minister about the relief effort. we lost about fifty eight people you know all over the cup to go do

it but we still. have to have to move into to make sure that the. normal people have been our last look at the life of pasta do we did move on move look just give me instead of that look p. a look up was a look in the books because some someplace like you believe not posted to two trees down here by little woods because woods is has been cut and cut off and the we need to have a roof or didn't do not another one another in the stuff to be. left in the in the boom to even then time to use on the sole or in the public is infrastructure as in the project in flushing reasons well the beautifully done it we have know and process to really be good. for the people we needed to every step of the people that we needed were to save the construction of the house with them

some of the clear roof sometimes on and so things are moving out of that. that was a dream creech there speaking with the prime minister of mozambique about relief efforts in his country following cycle kenneth when he w. has teamed up with other major international broadcasters to lodge a new source of independent information for turkey plus ninety started today on you tube it's a joint venture between the w. the b.b.c. france twenty four and voice of america it's being launched in response to the turkish government's restrictions on reporting and the jailing of independent journalists. living in a diverse complicated country tested by terror and upheaval. there the future of turkey the end of thirty five say make up half the population they have a target audience of plus ninety minute voice in the media and it's no. now on you tube. managers from the four media groups involved launched plus nineteen

a stumble on monday at a report in depth on issues including how refugees and people are fairing youth unemployment and the crisis in turkey's building industry. i hope that we will have a significant amount of regular users who see in the channel a window also to our countries and an open window between our countries and that we can contribute some information which might be not available for the moment here and so i think we want to become relevant offer and knowledge see how the viewers and users are using it here in turkey. in an era of so-called fake news plus ninety will also fact check claims made by public figures and institutions its name is the number of turkey's international telephone code the channel operates with an outsider's perspective the result of the unique european and transatlantic

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