look. i'm going to i'm going to. leave you think it was. a series of deadly explosions in reportedly kill at least two hundred seven people and injured hundreds more the targets were hotels churches the island's christian minority were celebrating easter sunday. in the main stories from there was no collusion between. the report finally published. also ahead. on. the heart of france in the ashes. and then.

its roof and its spire. with the big stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment updates as well welcome to the weekly on r.t.e. international we begin with the latest developments from today a series of easter sunday bomb attacks ensure like local police know save a number of deaths from the blasts on churches i'm totals has increased to two hundred and seven this is video showing the first blast. in the heart of the shore like in capital colombo eight blasts in total rocked the country on sunday a twelve hour curfew was the third immediately afterwards temporarily blocked to social networks including facebook for fear of fake news spreading many of the

victims were from a christian minority who were celebrating the holiest day on the catholic calendar dozens of foreigners are among the dead we should warn you the following images are disturbing. was. was i was i was was eight people have been arrested in connection with the us this is video of a suspect detained during an operation in the compton suburban demo to go to but also reports that police found a truck which they suspect may have been planned for use in the attacks because the fence minister has said the culprits were religious extremists while the country's

prime minister has promised that the people behind the attack will face a stern spots. in the first explosion occurred around nine am local time in total five blasts hit the capital including a church on three luxury hotels the latest attack also happened in colombo an apartment block during a police raid which left three officers that around forty kilometers north in the city of new gun borne no other place of worship was hit was a popular tourist destination on the opposite side of the island. following not a small hotel in front of us who was targeted well this is the aftermath of one of the explosions no group has yet claimed responsibility for the atomics for like is it mainly by this country less than ten percent of the population are catholics who make up a large proportion of today's news many world leaders have condemned the attacks and expressed their condolences speaking at the easter service at the vatican pope

francis than once today's events are as cruel violence to express his support for all those affected. they wish to express my. heartfelt solidarity with the christian community effected while it was a prayer and with all the victims of such cruel violence or political geostrategic expert java rama sais there are disquiet between religious communities in the lead up to sunday's atrocities. i think there was a level of uncomfortable. among different communities of the do good only off there was a some sort of life between some some of the nationalist groups and oddly should not forget the phenomenon of terrorism in the gardens is not at all. it was. nineteen you could. cause a nine when there was an insurgency particularly north east of sri lanka sitting

in government that it's all over in two thousand and nine the very big dark insurgency and then they they all tell you. this inside bombing not that is this something again has happened now after nine nine nine years but at this particular point point of time there are new dynamics to the situation there are other factors like dash dash has been operating everywhere in the board well i think the message is quite clear to the christian community which make up it on seven percent of the civilian population. the message is to try to fight them to give them obvious from direction places and also the messages to the foreigners who have been doing this thing lanka i think it is going to come down hard on this feeling. it is going to be negatively to disturb it when it comes to. the situation in the changing.

ok moving on to more of the week's news after a two year investigation and almost nonstop media coverage of the so-called russia gate scandal the heavily redacted moeller report finally sorted it out the document dropped on thursday revealing not there was no cooperation between donald trump or indeed any american with the russians in the twenty sixth 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 donald trump isn't off the hook in the eyes of the democrats and many media outlets besides a few days ago the us has just committee issued a subpoena for the on redacted report to be made available as many parts of the published version have been blocked out the focus now shifts to the possible obstruction of the investigation by the us president more and all bounce from our

senior correspondent right because the if the two year is america waited for this hoped and prayed it would unmake trump who will exonerate him that the new report would and this two year long drama about collusion hacking and conspiracy people would get closure what america's got. was this page off the redacted page censored into elegibility obviously some of this stuff could pass for more than ott and as with 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 for me to work in the mobile report outlines disturbing evidence that president trump in gauged in obstruction of justice and those of his kind of confused so was

mueller trump may have been cleared of collusion but obstruction of justice. in the. mueller writes that it's so complicated he couldn't decide whether trump tried to obstruct justice or not by 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 you have found in never been instances where trump potentially tried to obstruct justice and democrats have jumped on it the miller report paints 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 political the democrats smell blood they have trump and like blood hounds still mercilessly dog him for obstruction and anyone that gets in the way the messenger included they ministration has a new face and a new method of terror and one with a lot more stature he's the country's attorney general he said half a dozen times no collision no question 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 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 hate him more and vice versa if anything this report is going to america and americans further apart but they go to tell you at least be a factor as happy. as for russia itself the report claims there are facts of moscow meddling in the twenty six thousand election in quotes a sweeping systematic fashion mosque responded saying the investigation shows no

evidence of such actions as expected there was a wave of reaction to the release of the mohler report here some of the views are shared with us. they still can't get to a point where the president clued in with russia in fact they said 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 similar 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 end we're going to continue to see one thing after another with trump but they went immediately from russia collusion to try on 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. it's the last hour of voting in ukraine kiev readies to the nines its next president and it's been a slightly unusual race the incumbent leader is facing a serious challenge from a candidate who's hardly your run of the mill politician he's in fact a nutter and standup comedian called a deliberate who joined me earlier to explain how it's all been going to date. so the choice is the current president petro poroshenko with something about twenty

years of experience in politics who won sixteen percent in the first round and the second choice is comedian bold immersive lenski with twenty years of experience in show biz who got more than thirty percent and the first round and mr poroshenko i can tell you just before the voting began who relied heavily on anti russian or even nationalistic sentiment what he did was he called on all ukrainians to appear at the polling stations and preditions colorful ukrainian church which are known as because however when he showed up in front of the cameras at his polling station he was wearing a plain classic suit but mr selenski was wearing something more casual he was wearing just a plain white t. shirt. and he was in absolutely great mood and he said the

reason for that was eminem music which his wife played for him in the morning and perhaps you got a little bit carried away with his joy in optimism because he actually showed his ballot to turn lists where the ticket was next to his name which is a no no that's illegal according to ukraine laws and it's been reported that he's already agreed to pay a fine and that should only be about thirty bucks so not really much harm for him now i can tell you that porsche in close h.q. is treating its guests with sandwiches cookies and coffee and a lot of glasses full of alcohol have already been seen in mr selenski waters there had been fears of a regular laurette season in the build up as i said there are so many claims and counterclaims any details what are we hearing but we definitely know that. there have been hundreds of regularities believe that number getting even close to

thousand and these is there were hilarity these included a protester a topless protester appearing at one of the polling stations screaming stop raping ukraine and mr selenski hometown one horribly drunk woman decided to eat the ballots but i can tell you that these kind of things. it is very likely that they won't affect the results and the election to be called and valid pretty much the same number of regularities we saw during the first round but there is an irregularity of a much different that is widely being talked about in this country especially by officials in russia we know that it's believed that possibly even millions of ukrainians live and work and this country but they didn't get a chance to vote not a single polling station was opened and russia and also there are the far eastern

parts of ukraine the some areas in the lugansk regions which are still ward for no polling station is there either and this also does definitely cast a shadow on the election and speaking to me earlier a flood of cash swiftly pledged by french billionaires to see if not the dumb cathedral that the yellow vests protesters seeing red for saturday's protest will take you through front is emotionally charged a week after the break. international memorial awards twenty nine see the now open for entries. media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist what cruel terms of media or part of a global news conference to participate send us your published works and video and

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a global treasure up in flames from the sun the rest of the world this week have been coming to terms with monday's devastating fire that ravaged not the dumb cathedral in parts investigators believe the blaze may have been the result of ongoing restoration work or possibly an electrical fault saturday evenings easter vigil normally held in dumb was moved to a nearby church president has pledged to rise the building from its offices after a dramatic scene. as of the historic spire collapsing shook the world. was.

no says there are two fronts which is burning really says are her two friends she's a lot of paris and so that's the part of our culture we all lose in tonight's c c c look at notre down is the heart of paris it is granger it is monumental it is horrible to see everything i had to learn going to be small centuries of our heritage. was. a.

place that. it's very sad it's one of the great monuments of france we've not far away so it's devastating but a monument like this is burning. and in motion. i say this to someone else that 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 this is what our history deserves it is our destiny. droned front page obtained by our video agency ruptly shows where the fire tore through the eight hundred fifty year old building and you can see from the imagery the damage is extensive the cathedral is one of the most

popular tourist attractions in europe pulling in thirteen million visitors each and every year the spire on the roof as we say columbus but the famous twin bell towers as well as the north rose window both of which were built in the thirteenth century where state so too was the cathedrals most precious relic the crown of thorns the former deputy director of culture at the u.n. heritage agency unesco sees not the dumb will now have to go through reconstruction rather than restoration. now we could be. one long yesterday i mean all he says gone. we have to. and what would have to be. really a major reconstruction. major reconstruction project this will. difficult to say today. how much it cost to the ongoing know that many many.

more than. one hundred years ago a hundred years ago when two major more. and there's been. so i. think. we have to. be able to. get to the future. of the blaze give renewed focus for. protests. turned violent protests with anger directed at the french. sums of money for the cathedral. police were braced for trouble.

they were executing well they call it we have to save money but why do they give so right away for a monument and for nothing else all of our lives is going to hurt them or not all the people reach people can afford to give millions to repair it or their vocation of not to damage charity helping the poor who denounce a government policies that have allowed this only guards to reach themselves they can hand out charity money but really it's because of those people that we have so much inequality in trunks when for when we always have strong mobilization we're

going to express our goals more and more unstable we especially hope that the government will accept our demands or french billionaires and wealthy families race to boost the cathedral repair donations with one more goal pledging one hundred million euro alone and international affairs analysts we spoke to thinks that stark this play of inequality hospice treated many in france who are struggling to get by . they're shocked by the fact that in one night. the very rich people can give more than one billion euros to rebuild. it's not a problem they're giving money to rebuild the problem is that all these people making very very rich these last fifteen years at ten years ago we had three thousand less billionaires there were 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 cease and desist pushed by you. to send their money away in offshore countries and where the shocking for the universe is that that money that they're giving by people to the very kind it should have been already in the in the hand of the state. now in focus increasingly today are people changing to what they believe is their real gender but not so much perhaps as heard about those who transition and then regretted their documentary i want my sex back starts in moments. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront ation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally

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