russia was was was. at midday from moscow unconfirmed reports of another explosion in the last. where at least already one hundred twenty nine people are reported to have been killed hundreds more injured in a series of bomb attacks this morning on churches and hotels the island's christian minority was celebrating easter at the time. looking back at some of the big news stories of the last seven days as reported from us to you know collusion between donald trump and russia that report reached its unequivocal conclusion plus two. i. was this the heart of france in ashes because federal gutted by that inferno that destroyed its roof and its famous.

hello this is the weekly from our to international man with me kevin zero in we're going to start with what's happening in sri lanka has been developing story all morning real bad news from there unconfirmed reports coming in now in the last few minutes of another blast on the island we're going to head around that but what we do know is that the previous explosion sixty four left at least one hundred twenty nine dead according to state media earlier maybe more hundreds more have been injured many of the victims were from the christian minority who are celebrating easter. today. it was. was

was. there such a lot of fear this morning will a total a six blast rocked that country one church in three hotels. luxury hotels two in the capital and then up north in the golden bow that was at a church and then across the island another place of worship was hit in the city of batticaloa so the could be a seventh as well no one will get a head around that as that's the way it stands at the moment this is the scene of one of those exposed you've got these pictures in to turn around to show you a lot of uncertainty a lot of panic about what's going on there with the angry guy the lost a loved one or friend trying to get some information from the security services there still no group has come forward to claim the attacks. but a background is a mainly buddhist country less than ten percent of the country are christian men in celebrating easter mass of course and this morning let's go live to joe the plumber

political and geostrategic expert hi there i don't know if you know any more than just come through we are hearing reports of a seventh blast reported just moments ago it could be anything but it could be another attack are we expecting more do you think because that there was a warning that was spread officially in the country to take care specially in churches will come to that more detail in a minute but you think this is over or is it still ongoing basically. what are so hard to say it's all what anything can happen and a new dawn well it appears there is it isn't then what he needed very rare and better docs it was a shock for people to miss that in and go something did did did not expect. dollars and nine when the bomber die good insurgency was all over the vet it back and this started as the doc suggests that this could be possibly the better. ideas so-called islamic stooge or maybe it is that maybe possibly the diamond

diagnosed they have might have need of a good after the insurgency because there would be vince's are still there so again the bigger issue here these are who is behind. the the very objective of the terrorists seems to be wired they won't because a next emo panic of them won't send a message to the world outside the foremost inside still in god not see if because today is the pattern of the today's data also suggest that the father knows the buddhist there were also targeted and then the very important part is the justice and this particular day which is very important do for the christian community which is which make up around six to seven percent of silica this has been jews and deliberately because everybody muled that there will be maximum getting off community in minute around the churches so

a dash of an all that was so christians and foreign tourists were going to move on to be on this is known as come forward by the way this has already been described as among the deadliest attacks in sri lankan history for our view is now we touched on this just now reports emerging that police had issued a warning that islam is suicide bombers were planning to hit prominent churches that is but ten days ago maybe that's come to pass maybe it's somebody else if indeed it's proven to be the case begs the question security of being tighter when those warnings heated. i think going by by starting over the period of time or an observation that when it comes to suicide. becomes very difficult to prevent that happening with bombing to the experience of pakistan i can tell you. almost before that or there is warning by the intelligence

agencies and there is a little possibility to prevent that or diggler leave when it comes to going to start bomb and it can be like city link up over there don't have much training. terrorists like like dash or maybe they have they had in the last six units of handling with that i'm going to digress but again they're sitting the government was in a comfortable zone their target if that is was all all of what i think there is no international dynamics i mean you have as you and i couldn't remember all the troubles that went on for work quarter of a century a print ten years ago the tamil tigers except for so much violence so much trouble that went off so long was always in the news of late yeah there's been sporadic trouble it's been bubbling along but it's been much quieter of late you think it's call the authorities the general public off guard this. obviously a good because at this particular point of time no money in stealing go elsewhere

in the horde was expecting but the fact no that has has happened it has shocked shocked everybody no end then it did was already some sort of uncomfortable of the level between different groups instilling now it depends on what men know the silicon government is going to react minute then will flooded me judge who reaction will devolve by as ensure an order to their will by a total investigation because in this time and this would be the third party and we absolutely have no idea because there's a big good game plan being played in the us all this you know there is a bigger geostrategic games so anybody any code can think and be fixed any particular community no one's come forward so what do we do if we put the two together it's churches and it's high class hotels where foreigners would come who's under suspicion if that's the case. i think. my understanding of the situation is there are there are two elements which are important time and i guess that's just

one possibility the other possibility is that i think the very but does it also seems to be actually detail that city lincoln economy thus extremely important and then stealing god has been very open to that would just at least of the. seven countries that they don't have any reason destructions that that that is also part of the problem so importing australian sporting explosion of the two of them good which links not in the uk which i think that possibility chemically ruled out so i think in a in a very broader picture showed it is still premature to a conclusion and more importantly you see in the in two days in a lot of mean anybody can what anything i can tell you will do what it'll what particularly in the saudis you have been to have been you don't there are certain terror groups going into sponsibility but as a matter of fact what martin was never trying to spoil there about trying to get that image that they had of one secular school with certain countries so left all

hawking's on foreign company days and weeks and even if daschle limbs and sponsibility of this link in government should not blow by that that there should be totally investigated they should look into local local factors which extremely important and i think there is also and resentment we should not forget about you know that at lehman and that in the second city sex my friend while you're on the line i just wanted to get a handle on the flow of the place you could have some of the maldives over on holiday never been a subsidy can we look at you can see is a beautiful island how much does it depend these days she said has been quieter of late the last couple of years how much does it depend on tourism and how much is that going to knock tourism these are high class hotels have been targeted him we've already dozens of foreigners are being caught up in this is there reason to be worried if you're a tourist going big big reason. i think it is a what if i get bored i stopped reading there an exhibit working for the hoarders

and it's a big what if one of these thrilling going to call me and it's a big worry for the neighboring countries where we're just going to score big numbers well let's see how things unfold there certainly everything seems to going to jeopardy now. jevon run of things come out short notice political and used to teaching expert love and out international with us. ok let's take a minute now we get a handle on what's happening is feeling came bringing more detail not of the coming hours to look back over the last seven days on one of the big stories a two year investigation was in an almost nonstop media coverage of the so-called russia gate scandal the heavily redacted report finally made its way out to the public the document came out thursday but it revealed there was no cooperation from donald trump or any american in with the russians in the twenty sixteen presidential election the special counsel's report states that his quote investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities

but all that said donald trump is not the hook in the eyes of the democrats in the media a few days ago the u.s. house judiciary committee issued a subpoena for the redacted report to be made available as some parts of the published version to be blacked out the focus now shifts to the possible obstruction to the investigation by the u.s. president more or less from a senior correspondent were aghast e of. two years america waited for this hoped and prayed it would unmake trump or exonerate him that the new report would end this two year long drama about collusion hacking and conspiracy people would get closure what america got was this page off the redacted page censored into illegibility obviously some of this stuff could

pass for modern art and as with aat everyone interprets this report how they want and they're having a good day i'm having a good day q it was called. no collusion no obstruction even it is incomplete or they were going to blow the report outlines disturbing evidence that president tripping gauged in obstruction of justice and oh that is kind of confused so was mueller trump may have been cleared of collusion but obstruction of justice scalia and in the air mueller writes that it's so complicated he couldn't decide whether trump tried to obstruct justice or not the guilty no innocent the conclusion the congress may apply the obstruction laws to the president's corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law specifically mueller

found in never been instances where trump potentially tried to obstruct justice and democrats have jumped on it the miller report prints a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving new web of deceit lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn't apply to him it's a very interesting and very disturbing read that does not exonerate this president the whole repercussions for the country of having a president. who lies to the country who misleads the country you urges others to do so a president to. to my reading of the. mother report almost certainly obstructed justice certainly intended and attempted to obstruct justice and if true this alleged trumped tantrum is only making it so much sweeter. the president slumped back in his chair and said oh my god this is terrible this is the end of my presidency i'm. you know this report has trump politically

the democrats smell blood they have trump now and like blood hounds still mercilessly dog him for obstruction and anyone that gets in the way the messenger included the administration has a new face in any matter and one with a lot more stature he's the country's attorney general he said half a dozen times no collision no collision no lawyer no legal presentation presenting its conclusion six times the attorney general getting out there and getting his narrative his take on it as vigorously as possible because attorney general barr wants to represent our trouble i think he should resign they are calling for barr to resign a traitor a sellout they scream and they want mueller himself the darling just a few months ago to be hauled before congress the mueller reports and did nothing those who hated trump hated him more and vice versa if anything this report is

going to america and americans further apart but they got to tell you at least incapacity a fracture is a happy. well as for russia or it's the report claims there are facts of moscow's meddling in the twenty sixth elections in quote a sweeping and systematic fashion responded with its own state would say the investigation shows no evidence of such actions as expected there was a wave of reaction to the release of the report here's some of the views the guests an expert shared with us in the week. they still can't get to a point where the president did with russia in fact they see quite categorically it did not happen so then why would the president knowing he is innocent obs struct put that in as a matter of pure politics as a sop to the democrats who are on the commission twenty five attorneys all of them democrats most of them hillary supporters

a large number of them hillary donors and we had to do something in the report to make them happy why did this investigation even begin i mean was there wrongdoing there was there you know falsification of documents to get pfizer warrants there's a lot of embarrassment here we're talking about millions upon millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars of time wasted if things happened for something that legitimately had no basis in fact and any evidence that might have been presented to start this miller investigation all last night we had chuck schumer saying that well how dare william barr you know come out and speak before we get the report what kind of report with this be after that we're going to start hearing about how the redactions are at a way a way to hide the real truth and it's really never going to and we're going to continue to see one thing after another with trump but they went immediately from russia collusion to trump taxes trying financial statements and william bars obstruction so i mean the arguments haven't stopped yet they're not going to stop but we do have what seems to be a very conclusive case of absolutely no collusion most of the attorneys i talked to

at the beginning of this said when they start investigations like this they always find something on their target it came back that he was squeaky clean and i think that turns the conversation from what's inside of this investigation to what prompted what was the impetus who paid for this investigation the rule in the united states the constitutional law is you're innocent until proven guilty that right actually was not given our president he was absolutely considered guilty by much of the leftist regressive media in the united states and so i don't know exactly how they're going to explain. the more time the democrats do spend on this the more they're damaging their own party going into elections so it is national hopelessly with the police the next fifteen minutes some cover there would be more the news that showed the week just gone yellow vest demonstrators in paris infuriated by the huge amounts of money now they're worried about the pledge to repair the not saddam cathedral but you think about that they have a point and i know we've got the story after the break.

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i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can think i was going to go. by the way ways that that's like here. what a week it was a world treasure up in flames france and the rest of the world coming to terms with the devastating father ravaged notre dame cathedral in paris monday the investigation of the cause still ongoing but investigators believe the blaze may have been the result of ongoing restoration work or maybe an electrical fault either which way it's not just the physical damage to the building the fire seems to have affected the lives of many parisians to suffer the evening's easter mass normally held in not was moved to a nearby church president mccrone has pledged the building will rise from the ashes

he said after a dramatic scenes of that historic spot collapsing shook the world. you know she's there to france which is burning really says she's or her to france is a lot of paris and so that's a part of our culture we are losing tonight says signature not traditional is the

heart of paris it is granger it is monumental it is horrible to see everything we have learned going up in smoke centuries of our heritage. was love. in a live. live. is that. it's very sad it's one of the great monuments of france our we've got far away so it's devastating that a monument like this is burning. and in motion. i say this to solomon islands anything we will rebuild this great

cathedral together we will appeal to the greatest talents to help restore not treat them because this is what the french people expect and it is what our history deserves it is our destiny. or pictures of this tragedy got. i'm footage no you maybe i'm seeing this is from a ripley video news agency showing the way that fire tore through that ancient eight fifty year old building it seems so much to look at it now as we can see the picture is showing the extents the extent of the damage that can feed was one of the most popular tourist attractions in europe at least it was till now pulling in thirty million visitors every year and as you can see the spire dramatically collapsed so did the roof a little bit of hope here the famous twin bell towers as well as that beautiful north rose window both from the thirteenth century was saved as was the church is most precious relic it comes the crown of forms government made it in one piece former deputy director of culture in asco told us not to die will now have to go

through reconstruction though rather than restoration. now we could be struction that one long yesterday i mean all use is gone. we have to completely different thing and what would have to be done is really a major reconstruction not just starvation. major reconstruction projects this will be difficult to say today. how much it cost certainty on the order of that many many hundreds of millions of dollars even in a way was also a symbol of what modern society can do for a modern because you know about one hundred years ago hundred years ago if you know when two major more players. and there's been. through. the generations so i remember feeling it and everybody we have to.

be able to. bring that to the future. so many different reactions to this the not to blazes out of field of violent unrest in france to tear gas and water cannon to find the twenty third saturday of anti-government rallies in france as a so-called yellow vests gathered again nationwide with protests now directing their anger at plans to spend that vast amount of money to repair the cathedral. i.

know they were executing me of a quote we have to save. but why do they give so right away for a monument and for nothing else all of our lives as cannot hold them are not true for all the people reach people can't afford to give millions to repair it but their vocation of not to damage charity helping the poor would denounce a government policies that have allowed this to enrich themselves they can hand out charity money but really it's because of those people that we have so much inequality in trunks for when we always have strong mobilization we're going to express our goals more and more in stages of all we specially hope that the government will accept our demands well french business leaders were quick to react to the fire they've already donated hundreds of millions of euro to rebuild not for darren but an international affairs analyst we spoke to thinks many people are ready for straight at the size of the donations at a time of growing inequality. they're shocked by the fact that in one night the

very rich people can give more than one billion euros to rebuild. the party it's not a problem they're giving money to rebuild the problem is that all these people became very very rich these last fifteen years ten years ago we have three timeless billionaires there are thirty governors now there are one hundred. their wealth is growing very fast and they using all the opportunities given by the european union and the french system this is pushed by you. to send their money away in offshore countries and the shocking for the universe is a that money that they are giving by make people that are very kind it should have been already in the in the hand of the state. but our top story let me briefly just joining us this sunday is from sri lanka all about news from there today

unconfirmed reports now since we've been on air this hour of two more blasts in the island that would if confirmed bring the total to eight today we did know there were confirmed to be six a curfew a hearing another development to tell you about it's now been declared with immediate effect on the island the previous explosions this morning left at least one hundred twenty nine dead according to state media so it's thought that number will go up it's also thought war than five hundred people have been injured so far the blast targeted luxury hotels and churches where worshipers were celebrating easter so far no group has come forward to claim the attacks we did hear that a warning had been put by security forces that. the police in fact issuing a warning islamist suicide bombers had been planning to hit quote prominent churches that was about ten days ago but nothing to say that that is it's all connected but interesting to hear the warning and. ten days ago and look at the carnage either which way and who's behind it that's happened that day. so what's

with the friends family loved ones of everyone caught up in this this is out international the time now exactly to the eight minutes past. where you were before you came here when you live. in many u.s. states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor the death penalty there are some people because of what they did have given up the right to live among us somebody even proven innocent is on death row

and how many more exonerations is it going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about. you know world of big. lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell. me to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

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