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>> welcome to live from paris. these are our headlines. arrested60 people are in connection with sunday's suicide bombings in sri lanka. the death toll rises to 359 as the leader accuses security officials from hiding intelligence that could have prevented the bloodshed. kim jong-un arrives in russia ahead of his meeting with
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vladimir putin. the talks will center on the center of north korea's nuclear program. -- condemning the use of sexual violence. also coming up after more than three decades in development at the cost of aroundd 890 million malaria the first license that has been rolled out in malawi. we will have the details in our business update.
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we begin in sri lanka, where over 60 have been arrested in connection with the suicide atattacks on easter sunday that list -- that left at least 359 people dead. we knonow after nine bombers, oe was a woman. thee are conducting investigations at the moment. has claimed.s. on theibility, but funding part, we are conducting investigations.
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>> could you start by telling us ?bout the security lapses the prime minister did not seem to know about the threat. >> neither the p prime minister nor the president. there is growing anger now that .hese warnings were not heeded the united states has said it did not have knowledge of these attacks that were going to take place, but there was a memo sent by the police chief in sri lanka saying the country was facing threats of attacks on churches.
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a group is being blamed for this. in sris growing anger lanka about the fact these attacks could have been prevented if the knowledge had been passed on to the right authorities and been taken seriously. the prime minister has said there is going to be a massive shakeup. it is starting within the next 24 hours. i don't think it will act as much of a consolation to the families of the 359 victims. claiminglamic state is responsibility. how credible is that? >> it is difficult to know exactly what role the islamic state group has played in this. have claimed, they
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responsibility for attacks. it did not have anything to do with those attacks. we have to take all of this with a lot of precaution. if you look at the similarity between this and other attacks, there is reason to believe islamic state is involved. it would not have had the necessary means or numbers to be able to organize this kind of attack. it needed outside help from overseas. at similar cases, small groups that have been involved in major terrorist , there are similarities being drawn. small minority group was responsible with the help of al qaeda. in the jordanian
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capital, a small terrorist group there. organization was responsible for the suicide bombings. this may have been with some kind of help from al qaeda, this was a bombing against christians. that may have been as a result of funding coming from an outside organization. >> thank you. song -- with this is only 142a city thousand people, 65% are r roman catholicic. our correspondent reports from a mourning.
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>> in the north of the capital lost over 10100 people on sunday. at st. sebastitian's church, scs of the attack are visible everywhere. today, it is time to mourn. >> her daughter passed away. we could notot find bodies. it is a terrible situation. >> in this neighborhood, the mood is somber. several family members and are coming to terms with this in norma's tragedy. lost -- to terms with this enormous tragedy. >> i lost members of my family.
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>> amidst the grief, there is also anger. > i lost mymy mother inside e church. > this could have been avoidd if the government and police took that responsibility seriously. >> people have opened up their homes to help their community in need. mood is one ofg resilience and solidarity. >> kim jong-un is meeting with vladimir putin. the talks are going to focus on north korea nuclear program. a look at how russia has been
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preparing for the visit. weeks of speculation and secrecy, kim jong-un arrived in russia ahead of a planned meeting with vladimir putin. the men are expected to talk trade and economic ties. koreacus will be on north 's nuclear program. kim jong-un is likely to ask putin for support to lift economic sanctions. ananysts say t they do not expet any major breakthrough. >> i do not think we are talking successes here. we are talking a process. send the message that it is an important player and russia should be factored in when korean issues are
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discussed. >> thehe last time they met was 2011. traveled for talks with dmitry medvedev. moscow extended the invitation to kim jong-un in 2018. it took nearly a year for the north korean leader to accept. the meeting will be watched closely. it comes to months after denuclearization talks collapsed. >> the u.n. has outlined -- had access to health services following their ordeals. -- e united states voted to
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sense. who would t think for a second women who are victims of rape in war could not have accesss to have the choicice and access too services. it is a very astonishing. is acess to abortions right.ntal >> it is. abortion is fundamental. specifically when it comes to sexual violence and conflict. who would think f for one second that a woman, victims o o r re and becoming pregnant,t, she nes to have the choice to decide.
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in kenyaya, zimimbabwe, women cd not have access to this right. they should have access to this equally. they should have total access to medical services, et cetera. this is what the u.s. is opposed to. it is not only a question of right to abortion, but right to acacss and all services. this is s not the case. is a dramatic backboard. >> in mymy opinionon, i disagrg. i think all of thehe statess shd
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refusese to pass thehe resoluti. it would have been a strong in this gesture to say condition, we do not adoptpt it. we do not have any resolution. this is whatathould haveve been done.. c consequences, sexual violence in war and w why we ned to combat it, it doesn't say anything more than it did in the past.
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i decided not to go to new york. i knew it was a waste of time. the prproblem is not o only in w york, but what is needed is money to be channeled on the ground to see society working in ordeder to give accesess to sers for victims, which includes men. this is not thehe case totoday. i spend my time on the field in numerous countries. that, s still for victims have encountered that. they stillll do not have accesso medical services, and if we do not do that, we keep them in this isition n of victims
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things changnge. i do notot believe in the u.n.. nothing, not createte except goodwill, which i salute. in fact we talk about rape conflict, we need to act and do it now. only society will make this change. >> thank you for speaking to us. just over one month ago, mali witnessed its worst mass killing in years. more than 160 people, mainly women and d childrenen, were slaughtered. is underway.ion
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the massacre led to the displacement of several people. report is by christine and frank. >> 1500 displaced live in this makeshift camp. the memorieses of the attack remain fierce. >> only those who could run managed to get help and escape. all of the others, the men and t they and children, slaughterered some of the chchildren. they slit their throats. pregnant women were disemboweled.
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brother, his sister-in-law, and three-month-old nephew. woman, , thethis village had been placed under an embargo. >> they were worried about getting hold of condiments. before we knew what was happening, they attacked the village. we have lost hope. >> when you see your family has been burned to death or your children, who have been fed from your own breast burned to ashes, could you stay on?
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>> we no longer have a a place there.e. ththat is why we left. >> they left with nothing. received a small amount of food aid. >> a landmark moment in the fight against malaria. malawi has rolled out the first licensed vaccine in the hopes it will prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths from the .osquitoes born virus >> it is a historical moment. a they are rolling out vavaccine. trials have proven it wiwill ony protect one third of children under age of two. those immunized are likely to have less severe cases of the disease.
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>> it is an imperfefect vacaccie agagainst t a complex disease. it has significant potential to save lives and deliver on the health aspirations we have for all children around the world. altogether, it took 30 years for the pharmaceutical company to develop the vaccine. it should not overshadow other vaccines. similarwerere met witith skepticism.
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theyey have becomeme the c corne and backbone. >> similar programs are to come in the coming weeks. the aim is to reach 360,000 children per year across the three countries. >> it is time for a look at the business news with brian. >> crude oil prices hit highs on tuesday. washington will not renew waivers on s sanctions for the purchase of irani and oil when they expire. gasoline prices are at a three-year high. the economy already feeling the pinch is about to be squeezed
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even further. >> the market may be busy. buyers, times are hard. irani ends are feeling the pinch. fixed, people have a limited wage, like us. had toices rose, we change a lot of things. iran'ss economy -- -- would need to shut up shop by may 2. >> we have had some limitations oil.regards to selling these limitations will increase now. revenues are going to drop. the pressure they are putting
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the u.s., australia, and ireland issuing travel advisories. sri lanka will recover. >> thihis is inevitable in the shshort term.. wewe will have to face the conseqequences.. tryiying to rebuildd the indust, easing the mind of travevelers d keep moving on. >> theresa may has given huawei the green light to build 5g networks in the u.k.. washington is nott to convince
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to allies to ban huawei due cyber espionage fears. prosecutors say lawrence down t tothird ordered employees ignorere warning s sig thahat painkillers wk being p provided for non-medical uses.s. america struggles to come to .rips with the crisis >> it is a major step forward. charges against a company and its executives. >> it is one of the largest drug
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