twenty four dot com. yeah this is welcome t to live from paris world news and analysis from france my cat i'm margot in n these are the headlines. the curfrfew continues under a state of emergency in sri lanka the death toll is nearing. three hundred easter sunday terror attacks colombo blames a local militant group. the united states is the council exexemptions granted to eight countries of by -- from iran washington says is to force turns hand over its nucleophilicity found regional. influence programs. polish solid the head. of the protest incident speaks to france find cap meanwhile talks between the processes. and the motion council within called off this as protests continued over the ouster of the

shia. thank you very much for being with us. sri lanka is blaming a local militant group for the coordinated suicide bomb attacks that have so f far claimed two hundred and ninety lives. churches and hotels are struck on easter sunday foror the five hundred people havave been inju. the government has imposed a state of emergency social networks have been closed down they say t to avoid dissemiminan ofof fake ne. the situation not very much -- tents set in july because it's been for analysis -- shuttle not to hold a social follow for the aged program at chatham house. thank you for being with us.

charlotte a hold of the chatham house thank you very much for being with the situation in trying to incredibly tense. what is your reading of the situation clearly the government blaming a local militant t grou? yes add it seemems to be that there is. a dead backed the government's analysis at the moment and then i was also is that this locally group. as well in order nation with behalf at internanational elemet is an internationalal element w. add this massive crying. and indeed to bet that the way the cat attacks were carried out debate besides meats yeah all the attacks and then. the coordinated by the in we were conducted. the two targets the tweet targets in terms of the way sta- doris stargate and the crispy

and sketches being to indicate ouour motivation which is not bn seeing quitete the full eight attack it should notot go. though i think that but the govevernment points to this already. islamic group which yeah candy at some of the basics -- to to reacactivate date b but that wod not do so without any external support. how much you make thehe targets three chururches threeee hotelsd clearly there's? a western aspect about this be given a luxury hotels but clearly also a chchristina spsp. yes absolutely i think that's the didistinctive. feature of ththis attack read te majority single up with this. elements of the majority say

level this community a and the muslim minority and between - -- that at that. also the christians as a minority in one hand and that majority cigna on the other. so this attack actualllly he iss quite interesting andnd d diffet because the t tensions that existed between the christie and and the single a majority the tensions have not existed between the muslims. the christians. should like to clearly had its own civil conflict. is there anything about what we're seeing now which could in your opinion be going back down that same route. i think that's the arab seems highly unlikely a and it wowoule inappropriate to o speculate on the tragic tree of what would happen right now. hi but it's quite important to bear in mind that the the timee ththeedicines you the cold into

a fact as well the time the militancy i've not yet quite be address. the grievances of energy to unity i have not. attended to similarly the grievances of the minority was good community and the christian community i remain unaddressed. who calls it all the bodies stacked around it decreased raced back do exist at thihis poinint? and alsls t the fact thatat the selelected state as s being -- extreme depreressing i in in the north of the country that degree ofof surveillance is quite high. that the time is two feet under pressure and place continue to be persecuted and all correct. charlotte the whole dececision r the aged program at chatham house thank y you very mucuch id for r that analylysis. on will bebe continuing to brin- analysis saddle and uses it happens at from jamaica just to remind you two hundred ninetyy people so far confirmed killed. in the spate of attacks on

easter sunday. sixty eleven paris at least eight people confirmed dead in the six point one magnitude earthquake which hit the philippines. rescues using machinery and searched also try to find survivors the province of pampanga was worst hit forty kilometers north. of the capital manilila rescue teams in manila preparing too reinforce that that's to o reach people trapped in. compound the government is urging people to become as rumors of grated death and destruction gain traction onlin. the united states has decided to block exports of oil from iran to eight countries. but so far been exempt from sanctions. i was using arounds or exports to zero the us says it hopes t t forcrce the man intoo an improvd to court on its nuclear ballistic. and retail influence in the middle east. countries concerned a china india south korea turkey greece japan and taiwan. the us says its allies saudi arabia and the uae will boost production to avoid shortages.

assistance to mike pompeii obstructions state. today i am announcing that will no longer grant any exemptions. we're going. to zero going to zero across the board. we will continue for sanctions and monitor compliance. any nation or entity interacting with iran should use its intelligence and err on the side of caution. the risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits. sector s state my coupon pale fr the problem is our white house correspondent. it's part of what the white house calls it to its maximum economic pressure campaign on iran this was just one of the steps -- that was still -- in the tool kits -- for the trump administration and that's why this decision was made -- by us president donald trump here at the white house now these -- sanctions waivers -- they wouldn't be over until the beginning of may the second of may exactly that is in theory when those countries who will still be importing -- oil from

iran could -- be sanctioned by the united states those are of course some very powerful countries as you just mentioned india and china the really big ones and then three countries. that allied with the united states after all south korea japan and turkey turkey remember of course is a neighbor of iran these are countries who might find it relatively hard to wean themselves away from. iranian oil and what kind of sanctions exactly will the united states be able to impose will the administration wasn't able to give any really clear on says. about that -- the the state department does say that any kind of transactions between those countries and iran would most likely go through the financial markets of course based here in the united states if you stop them from having access to those markets. well that is where those sanctions truly kick in -- this is -- not necessarily something that was a a surprise but again part of a campaign by the united states against iran one that's

partly of course the united states would say is working because the iranian economy. is suffering poly of course it isn't because the whole. goal here is to bring iran to the negotiating table to get iran to stop financing the likes of hezbollah for example all from. being involved in the civil war in syria all of that of course has not happened so this is an administration it's really -- trying to use those -- lost for you -- add elements that it still had in its tool kits when its comes when it comes to sex iran. our white house correspondent that. i still live in paris five algerian billion s. some of the. close to the former president abdelaziz to the fig. about arrested as part of an anti corruption investigation. they include some of the most well known business names in algeria they were brought to court to face charges from the general prosecutor. then came up -- to juries army chief of tangible -- athlete guide saleh said last week he

expected members of the ruling elite in the country to be prosecuted for corruption. sedans knew how army rule is up on monday or to protest is to dismantle that barricades on roads leading to the military headquarters as tensions grew. after talks between the two sides broke down. demonstrators accuse the rhythm and she council being that'll different from veterans and she was talking by the army on april eleventh for the months o of streetet proteststs. the young woman who's become the figurehead the persistence of down it's been speaking to our correspondent in khartoum. two two year old alice alice says it's time for women in sit down to take a full r role. in t the s society. protesters according full of quality for a parliament. with at least 40% of women guaranteed. these women want revenge for the victims of c. dance revolution thousands come out to kerr team

streets every day. and one among them has become a symbol of the country after the publication of this photo. unknown just a few weeks ago alas alas is now under protection to kekeep receiving e protests. we meet up with her away from the demonstrations. susudanese woman have an active role i in what's happening. we need to take a stand now to ensure we have a place in sudanese politics. he did he leaders of the protest they also had roles in the organization of the city and outside the army headquarters at this firirst aid station they're looking after the injured like this man who was attacked by a security agent. he doesn't does. as a woman i have to work hard just to survive. for example i am a nurse so i work here in this clinic. don't keep working here until our demands are met.

hard from establishing a democratic government they're asking for more right. women here continue to face the question indeed a day life. who said that we women are inferior right now we're not considered a whole people no we need to be recognized by society as if we were e men? many hope for their role in the protests will help men understand t that women deserere their own place at the table. one of their demands establishing a parliament with a minimum of 40% womenen. and they're much more on the story and i i on after his second coming up in roughly half an hour's time. next to vote on whether egypt's prpresident can remain in office until twenty thirty is into the third and final day president of the federal ceases request needs constitutional number. the referendum is widely seen as another step towards restoring authoritarian rule. is off to a pro democracy

uprising the arab spring. of his overwhelming victory in the presidential election the act that led to me as a lansky. told the p people of ukraine he will never let them down. since his tvv persona as a teacher who randomly gets may president because of his anti corruption grant that. in the tv show went viral now is to find some policies on a government the acting president of ukraine petro poroshenko has said that he will accept the will of the people. but from fictional president in a tv seriess to real life commander in chief. hello to me as a lansky now faces a series of very real challenges as the sixth president t of ukraine.. again school so you two all post soviet countries what the v. ten i'm not look at us. anything is all set mostly able. unlimited possibilities according to his supporters. a risky leap into the unknown for skeptics. in his victory speech lansky outlined his priorities to start

revamping the twenty fifteen min school chords to end hostilities with pro russian separatists in the east. my mind i is that the minimimumr which we will continue with the masksk talks that means keepingt says we will remove them. right i think seven will have personal changnges there yeah te most owners would sing and they got that way. but his strategy on the ongoing conflict remains vague. new sysystems it is definitely a leap into the unknown heroes mistranslated skis policy positions are you fit to and indeed very unclear regarding relations with it. and his intentions durining the conflict. zelinsky none t the less insists he possesses the gravitas to stand up to russian president vladimir putin. the comedian turned the president has also vowed t to tackle corruption and fix the country struggling economy. promises that may prove easier to make than for phil. in twenty seventeen ukraine obtained a seventeen point five billion dollar loan package from

the international monetary fund. thoughgh the aid came with strit conditions including reducing the fiscal deficit improving governanance i in eliminatingngs in the energy sector. the lens his ability to solve such issues will be largely dependent on support from parliament were outgoing president petro poroshenko is party currently holds the most seats. i just laid of elections are set for october twenty seventh. what will sell lynskey said ministration look like watch this space for about two hours when he capital -- gets into the mount very soon. because some exclusive insight here on the far side cat. now we've been not busking some of the hottest easter -- temperatures -- on recklezz. it's a a menental thing comome a shock to learn that today the forty ninth. day nasa can show us where it's getting hotter. these images pointing out all the hot spots meanwhile the teenage climate change out greta thornburgh has been speaking in london at a gathering of people concerned about the future of the planet some of them. upon extinction rebellion.

in closing testing on the day that s sit down demonstrations some purchases even stupidly themselves two trains. for momoe on o our system of that. later in this line from paris program now a reminder of the main world news headlines live from tax. the cut it continues under a state of emergency in should like the death toll is nearing. three hundred mr sunday terror attacks. colombmbo claims local militant group. the united states accounts for exemptions granted to eight countries bottle from iran. washing says is to try to force terra's hand over its nuclear ballistic and regional influence programs. by the seller the figurehead of the protest set in sit down spoken to from thank cap meanwhile talks between the protest is a ministry council and cooled off. this is the demonstrations continue. over the ouster of omar al bashir. time to turn on a business of that which one by onclick

institute good eveningg hi mamak united states continues its maximum pressure campaign on a round this time targeting oil exports you've got some reaction to this. yeah that's right despite requests from these five countries including some of the u. s. as allies for an extension washington has confirmed that it will end sanction waivers. for countries that impoport iraniann oil on may second. that means nations including china india turkey and japan need to move away from here on in oil. in the next week and a half or face economic penalties top oil producers like saudi arabia and the united arab emirates say they will step up their production in order to stabilize markets julie came as the story. cutting off iran's largest revenue source. washington has told the five biggest buyers of iranian oil that they will no longer be spat from us sananctionsns. today i am announcing that will no longer grant any exemptions. we're going. to zero going to zero across the board. to keep globabal oil pris stable off to reimposing sanctions on the islamic republic the us had allowed

eight governments to buy from around with no penalties for six months. taiwan in greece and italy stopped purchasing all the remaining five countries lobbied for an extension without succes. china japan and south korea tacky and india will now have until the second of may to stop importing iranian oil will face sanctions. monday's decision has been slammed by ankara and also beijing which relies on imports for about half of its oil -- only one china has alwayays opposed the us imposition of so called unilateral sanctionsns ad long arm j jurisdiction. china'ss cooooration with iran n companies and iran is open transparent reasonable and legal and should be respected without in the ending the way this could barely hall of iranian oil exports from one point nine million to one million barrels a day. and deprive iran struggling economy of an estimated fifty billion euros. tehran has hit back calling the

sanctions illegal on the wave is devoid of credibility. meanwhile saudi arabia has a short that it would coordinate with other oil produces to stabilize e global dimond. well the big queststion now is f course whehether the global supy of crude oil will falter if he runs production is taken out of the picture. investors are concerned over the latest developments prices for crude oil spiked this afternoon. at twenty eight g. m. t. globabl benchmark brent c crude was up . inching pasast the seventyty for dollar mark wti in the united states up nearly two and two thirds of a percent as well. about a look at financial markets energy stocks d did rise during what was an otherwise lackluster session on w wall street. losses elsewhere in the market cap the indexes mostly unchanged the dow jones industrtrial -- close d down aboutut two tenthsa percent here in europe all major ststock exchanges were closed fr

the easter holiday. the iconic american food company kraft heinz named a new chief executive to replace bernardo he's. we got the tree co who's been chief marketing officer at beer giant anheuser busch was will take over beginning on july first. the move comes in the wake of craft kinds is disastrous earnings announcement in february. its share price has lost more than 40% of its value since last year as americans move away from familiar processed foods and demand goes down. next the electric car maker tesla showed off its driverless vehicle technology today in so called the tanamii investor day. the live stream for that event was delayed by more than thirty minutes but some forty thousand viewers stop watching a loop of tesla cars driving d down varios roads. the e firm gavee more details of its computer chip that will allow cars to be quote fully self driving. many no intervention by humans coe one must called it the best processingng ship in ththe woro.

however many experts say that masks timetable is overly ambititious he says he wants to take tests the fully driverless by the end of next year. at today's event he said that alll new test let's h have the tetechnology built in. and d now it's just a matter of updating the software. your cameras will you could hav. of our circuits failed you could have one of the has love for stressful ceramic computer chips failed. car keeps driving -- the public if the this computer failing is substantially lower than somebobody losing consciousness. old has the car's b been producd righght now. have everything necessary full full self driving. finally for business samsung announced it's delaying the launch of its new flagship galalaxy fold phone until at let next month. early models release to tech reviewer has suffered a number of cases of broken or non functioning screens. samsung unveiled the following phone expected to retail for nearly two thousand dollars back

inin february. is expected to hit the shelves in the united states on friday. the company lost billions in twenty sixixteen when proroductn of its galaxy note seven phone was halted due to recurring batterery fires. so i i guess this time mark they are playing it safe better safe than sorry well said but the thing is. bounce because i need a phone that bounces because i'm always dropping my phones you know what you should write him a letter but maybe that's the next technological world analyst and send it to the thank you very much for the great sea and with the system. thank you. time for me to watch james on the other side of a stududio wrapapped up ready to go through this chat about yet. another talk about serious stuff obviously i see the events that unfolded in trunk on sunday but the attacks on three churches three hotels -- at time of us talking some by two hundred ninety people have been killed in the attacks -- tells we found on whether the concern off to reset misininformation could be spread via social media -- states not the person that's been the concern in sri lanka. and so what happened wallace

that a lot of social networks were blocked in the meat is often accurate. prime minister tweeting here. condemning the covered it talks as he said in the first line of thought but also. appealing for people to avoid propagating unverified reports and speculation via social media and the government was going to take immediate steps. now what we saw it some people saying. hey i can't replace your messages it's because what's happened facebook have been taken down this is somebody using twitter which wasn't actually blocked. chiefly because it does not that many users in sri lanka compared toto feel the sococial netetwor. boss you did have a whole consulatate as nececk blocksks g whichh is a websisite thahat she tracks blocking social netwowors online. yoyou'd instagram youtube viber snapshots others ammar blush you can see here it did leave some people a situation where they couldn't actually. contact family and it's a the especially in the aftermath of a of a tragedy like fast. these facebook is massively used entry not because it is a lot of places it means people didd abot difficult intntent of communicating their well being and safety. to family members so

the guardian here talking about have features that make facebook useful for spreading information for example we sharing your family safety check whatever. they've also made a p potentialy dadangerous and t that's kind of whwhat whahat is beining b balad appepear kennethth roth of h hun rightsts watch. is thatt recalll in herere thaht year aftfter viral rumorss and calls to violence c circuitinggr large onon facebookk. at which arere n not a appear to provovoke antnti m muslim r rigi lalanka repepeatedlyy one facebk bubut the company o officialslsd to respond to the government shutdown access. now what's interesting here with this particular event because of course for such a massive tragedy the government shut down access even before it social media and spark violence. to place of this was. preemptive if you like. the sydney morning herald here - they have a close from -- from a colombo based researchers and jenna how to to up and he partners with facebook. i threw a think tank called the center for policy alternatives we knows a lot about -- facebook functions in the country and the basically the count to keep on

top of the misinformation partly because the languages in countries like myanmar sri lanka on spoken anywhere else in the world d was gonnana difficuculto keep a difficult on the resources to track. down the misinformation on the alalgorithms and what not to thk they're just floundering on to the volume of the content and the limitations of the algorithms. no on the flip side of all of u. you have -- commentators such as he said colombo baster sci fi writer at you done you know -- visual on the fridge rockne and he says listen the problem is in a country with talks government controls on traditional media social media is very important for us. and he goes on to say. that -- which often stand is that there was a lot of violence in in at entry on could be for social media come on before the internet came along. a to a large extent much about race hatred is still fueled by the print media in fact so print media entry not could be accused of not being very neutral on certain questions. actually fomenting some of the problems that you have there were social media wasn't props in some respects a for your

space. you also have this boboth feeeet journalist who tracks - -- issus abouout and misisinformation o n sosocial mededia law she s says. you u know censorshihip like ths are justst takingg the govovernt it's not the answer to the problem news mededia iss conontd entryy on capp andnd journrnalie undeder a lotot of preressure so pepeople seeking legitimate informrmation relyy.. on sociaial mediaa what's more.. vpns allllow peoeople to you u w hate groupss o one of its s get arouound thesese to get onon toe platatforms anyway. complex enough issue marked as no again without a lot of things notices no kind of clean cost right or wrong. should i call thirty two what they did we understand why they did that but then a creations. as a problem for people to communicate with each other matches spread. truthful information as well and this was one of the next chance all right well that's another story here in france and this is after saturday's. jeter's on oct twenty three of circling no folder germs by the name of gaspar glance with one of two journalists taken into police custody. for forty eight hours no he's he's seen as being

as you could see you could argue that he's on the border of being an activist and a journalist. he with with all of these incidents of aye aye aye people losing all he's twenty three people of all sites people sounds as well. he's one of these are the try to get up close

04/22/19 04/22/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> i heard the explosion and then the roof fell. i took the children and ran from the door. hospital, somehe a family on the ground. amy: nearly 300 dead and 500 injured in eight blasts in sri lanka in one of the largest terrorist attacks ever to hit asia. we wilill go