so just to be clear jamila do we know who this local group is and have they been featured prominently in the past. you know at the moment we do not have any information as to who these real close may be all we have been told is that it definitely is a local group because there were dumas being spread that there may be some pardoning convention behind today's attacks but now that has been completely legal is out and seems we do not know which who is behind these attacks if you search for those behind these attacks still ongoing. that many three s. in fact just a shot try to go at the police have raided a house in the south and they have said that it is a house where the suspects are believed to have stayed during the past few the is so that what he says nah morning sorting put this out as their conduct into such operations so that just gives us an indication that the such operations are very much continuing and he pretty much means continual in the coming few days is whether you have events evolved through out the course of the day what is the situation in and around colombo right now.

all the signs are that it was a local group that carried out this, which had previously been a much smaller vandalism of buddhist shrines last year so there are questions about how a relatively small, little—known group could have carried out such a deadly sophisticated attack, striking multiple targets near simultaneously, using so much explosives and so many bombers. this is, isis comment that we have had, the claim by them that they were involved could make sense. there is no evidence they were involved yet, they have not provided any evidence. they often claim things simply when people were inspired by them, but it is possible the international network gave support in some way to the local group to make it capable of carrying out such a large—scale attack and also the targeting of christians and also tourists at these hotels would also fit more in with the isis targeting then we saw from some of those local groups in sri lanka before so it's possible thatis sri lanka before so it's possible that is the international link to this national group which would explain the scale and sophistic

police reportedly warned intelligence chiefs of a possible attack by a local radical group national the heath but those reports apparently never reached prime minister don it became a singer and his cabinet and those reports have added to the grief of a nation still in shock. has found its blown up in a controlled detonation outside st anthony's church one of several unexploded devices found a day after the attacks and sure lanka. people in colombo are on edge anxious there are more blasts to come scores of bomb detonators were also found at the bus station authorities are now investigating whether the local jihadi group suspected of being behind the attacks received international support there is little history of islamist militants targeting christians in sri lanka even during the country's decades long civil war. i don't know why peerless people. this is. groups who either follow. the morning then why the select all countries. dozens of suspects have been arrested but questions are now being asked whether the attacks could have been prevented international intelligence had warned tha

that was a local group lodged a man that was opposing tide and they were able to have the windows team say and the captain is coming you see have strongly condemned to get attacked and have lost the most to retreat and have also alleges that that one month to look into these attacks which is a cause worry says the back. of christianity we've been reporting all day generally about seven percent of the country there in sri lanka have there been religious tensions in the past involving christians. where there has been intervention on and off in these recent years. and it's not only the against the christians about it is also against the minority muslims anti-man. so all minorities have been posited in an isolated incident in recent years but authorities have been successful in the in punishing some of those who have been behind these attacks and so what what we what we never expected was something so see we see via reach happened today reach back hundreds look in the chest effect jamila nash made in thanks so much for your time. exit polls from ukraine's presidential election show a

if there's a localal issue, then definitely this group would have attacked buddhist temples. t theyey attacked catholic and christian churcrches. it shows it is more than the local issue. it is more about international. soso that is something i am sure the sri lankan officials are looking into. that is why i think sri lankan authorities are saying this has an international angle to it. amy: what are you concerned andt right now, t. kumar, how this plays out? you have the sri lankan government apologizing. apparently, this memo came out, warnings at the beginning of april, then mid april, then apparently 10 minutes before the attack. the government has apologized for not heeding the warnings. now they shut down social media, much of social media. and if you can also talk about the role of sosocial media. >> the role of social media, like anywhere else in the world, it is a double-edged swoword. the attack against muslims about a year ago, social media played a major role. basically, created more tension. so the sri lankan government shutdown social media at that titime. standar

the islamist group the government believes may have been responsible for all of those deaths is a local grouphowheed jamath, known up until now for desecrating and vandalising buddhist shrines, certainly not able to coordinate the kind of attacks we saw yesterday which is why the authorities firmly believe this group, if it is involved, must have had international help to launch all of those attacks. i will be back a bit later with a bit more from sri lanka. but with that, back to simon. thank you. older women are being exploited by ivf clinics who are "trading on hope". that's according to the head of britain's fertility watchdog. sally cheshire, chairwoman of the human fertilisation and embryology authority, has accused some private clinics of using "selective success rates" to persuade middle—aged women to undergo treatment. simonjones reports. susannah botting gave birth when she was 43, but only after seven rounds of ivf at several clinics, costing her £50,000. she believes she was talked into additional treatments that she didn't actually need, and haven't been proven to work. you are t

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

suspects already within their custody now in terms of lines of investigation there is reference to local group a local radical group that might have carried out those attacks there are essentially questions being asked about what kind of support and from where this support might have come from also reports that we're hearing from sources that a syrian national might be in for questioning at the moment taken in from one of the locations one of the hotels that were attacked on sunday. while all of this happens the country is observing a national day of mourning you can probably see over my shoulder a giant sri lankan flag flying at haas half miles here on the sea front estaminet of the goldfish in colombo all all the sights on sunday that were hit within a very short distance of this location so people are coming to terms as the government brings in a stage of limited emergency with regards to closer's of prevention of terrorism and that situation kicking in at midnight on monday elizabeth thank you very much for that amount of menow finance with the latest live in colombo thank you. in other ne

we understand that local groups in tripoli have vowed to face have their forces approach the capital tripoli mahmud there is a meeting of the g n c the general machinable congress coming up in i think just a little over a week how does all this affect that. well it seems that have to those forces are trying to impose themselves as do factor and the worst of the country before that conference has to because the conference of the national conference which is due to be held on the fourteenth of this month is expected to have a comprehensive reconciliation and unity shuffle the government would have as head of security and the government but it seems that have to does not want that only he wants to have a big good or a superior post and the new government so he wants to impose himself as a do fact ruler and the worst of the country before that the national conference is hills you must know about the one hundred in tripoli to other news and ethiopia's government has just released its preliminary report into last month's fatal plane crash one hundred fifty seven passengers and crew died wh

the local group is the national. jam out of the n t j and he described the group as islamist extremists possibly allied to an international network. what also i can say is that this group. some of the suicide bombers most of the educated. and come from maybe middle upper middle class so they are financially quite independent and like you know their families quite stable financially so that is a boring fact in it because some of them have i think studied. in various other countries they've all degrees. l.l.m. you know like well well educated people well the president palace city center he has vowed to overhaul state security after the intelligence agencies didn't act on received information that warned of imminent attacks i still has claimed responsibility now eight of the nine suicide bombers have now been identified bought the prime minister is warning that other attackers could be on the wrong. florence louis has the latest from colombo where president city center is also some of the country's top security officials

the local militant group which has been blamed for the bombings is relatively small and had not beenconsidered a major threat, so could the possible involvement of is account for the sophistication of the attacks and could they have been prevented with better intelligence? gordon corera has been looking at some of the questions. it is one of the most deadly attacks the world has seen in recent years, and a clearer picture of those responsible is now emerging. the attackers, the authorities said from the start, were local men. many coming from national thowheeth jama'ath, a relatively small group, previously best known only for vandalizing shrines. but officials have maintained they must have had help. there seems to have been foreign involvement. they feel that some of them have travelled abroad and come back. there may be more than that, that is what we want to find, and that's why we've asked for assistance. today we saw the first evidence of where that help may have come from. the islamic state group issued a video, which we are not showing. in it, eight men, all but one masked, p

why and how these local groups were able to carry out such a sophisticated attack remains unclear.he government is also trying to deflect criticism about why it ignored credible warnings and intelligence about the group and its recruitment efforts. the u.s. ambassador here says that the u.s. had no prior notice that an take would happen, that it passed on no intelligence to sri lanka, but that the fbi is here and part of the investigation with other foreign intelligence agencies. phillip? >> a lot of questions still need to be answered. janis, thank you. >>> the white housewar on the m before congress, especially former white house counsel don the po"the post" that the administration is planning to fight a subpoena from the white house judiciary committee, calling on mcgahn to testify. nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. tracie, good morning. >> marlie, good morning. the thinking here from the white house is that the mueller investigation is over. the report has largely been turned over, and they don't want to continue to investigate this. so now the big picture i

the government blaming the bombing g on two local islamic groups. claim it is retaliation for the christchurch shootings. islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack without providing evidence. the biggest phase in india's general election is underway. 188 million people eligible to vote tuesday in 15 different states. as we heard, though than irireld police have arrested a 57-year-old woman over the murder of a young journrnalist o was shot while covering tension between republican dissidents and police. time for a look k at today's top busisiness news. you are starting with what should be a victory lap for a new piece of text - -- eight new piece of tech -- a new piece of text from sansone. -- samsung. >> the new fold was supposed to launch in china witith phoneses hitting g shelves inin the u.s.. inststead the e company is stponining and recalling all sale m models. this after multiple reports of broken screens amid testing by journalists and reviewers. the incncidence calall to mind e didisastrousus recalall of the y noteeveven

it's fair to assume this group is if the local group is involved as they seem to be. they certainly had some kind of help from outside. certainly this small group has been there for a while. people weren't paying attention except some within the muslim community. it was known for violent rhetoric and intimidation. violence against moderate muslims. who are not in the school. oriented in some cases. there were complaints about this group. unfortunately the muslim leadership and political leadership didn't act to constrain them. and didn't act to follow them close le. even after the discovery of the arms in cash in january. that seems to be the same group. >> of course we know that some 24 suspects have been arrested so far. but there are fears that additional suspects might be planning another attack. and what's driszing about that of course we have seen with the live shots from streets. is that people are starting to get back on the streets and gather and unfortunately you create targets for the terror groups. how do authorities go about removing or trying to diminish

has claimed responsibility more than twenty four hours after the attacks the government blames a local group with suspected foreign things. thousands of sudanese protesters have joined a certain outside the army headquarters in top form they say that when the two leaders are taking too long to see the politics of that against the african union leaders have given the military council three months for the transition and egypt's national election authority says that constitutional changes that pave the way for president of the father and sisi to stay in power until twenty thirty presidential terms will now be extended from four to six years. also have more power over the judicial system and parliament. saudi arabia has executed thirty seven people the majority are from the shia minority some of the state media said they were guilty of terrorism and disrupting security she when rights group amnesty international has condemned the killings and activists say it is the largest mass execution of shias in the kingdom's history has already executed over one hundred people this year. weathers director

we have seen that before, that kind of type of attack where you have a local group acting in concerth an international organization. we saw that with that attack in july 2016 in a cafe popular with western tourists in bangladesh. where there was a strong isis role in coordination with a local group. >> because it does lead you to wonder, then, if isis, the caliphate, the territory they held has been defeated and largely wiped out, what does this mean then? is this a sign of the next chapter? you talked about what happened in bangladesh, and here, is this the next version? >> it may well be. we have to see how it shakes out, who was responsible. the fact it came out of the blue and surprised people like me, nearly 18 years after 9/11, that's a worrying thing indeed, because where is the next attack going to happen? the next big attack. nobody really saw this coming. of course, there were these warnings but nobody expected an attack on this scale in sri lanka, one of the deadliest attacks in the entire history of the planet. >> even with the warning, seeing the sophistication and how i

he believes he is seen as invincible, undefeatable, and that the local armed groups are defending tripolihe controls ben ghazi through tripoli. if he is defeated, it will go into all—out warm for sub it will go into all—out warm for sub it will go into all—out warm for sub it will become a bleak situation. thank you. —— the headlines on bbc news. theresa may insists she had to reach out to labour to say brexodus quitting it so through her fingers. weber defences handling of com pletes fingers. weber defences handling of co m pletes of fingers. weber defences handling of completes of anti—semitism after it was reported that the party failed to ta ke was reported that the party failed to take disciplinary action in hundreds of cases. in libya, fighting between rb rebels and pro—government forces threatens the capital of tripoli. the un calls for talks. a full round up from the bbc sport centre with you. hello. it was a fantastic afternoon at wimbley for those watching as watford played in a throwing fa cup semi—final which went to extra time it was watford who made it through to face manche

suppose claimed responsibility twenty four hours after the bombings the government is blaming a local group with suspected foreign lengths let's get the latest on all of this we're joined by our correspondent in our financial as she's live for us in colombo the death toll rising once again may now what's latest on that and the investigation. the death toll has climbed up over the last twenty four hours at the last call and officially we heard they do have gone up to three hundred fifty nine obviously creeping up as many of those critically injured casualties sadly succumbed to those injuries overall just within the last few minutes overhearing agency is reporting that a controlled explosion has been carried out in a cinema in colombo once again a reason for concern that this is not over and obviously very sort of frightening for the people of this country given that the specter of further attack us and that very real possibility of more explosions is very real frightening frightening now because in the last three days there have been so many controlled explosions taking place. even at one o

police reportedly warned intelligence chiefs of a possible attack by a local radical group national to hit jamaat but those reports apparently never reached prime minister donald became a singer and his cabinet but these revelations of added to the grief of a nation still in shock. our correspondent michelle just one is in sri lanka and as the country marks a day of national mourning she sent us this report. two days after the tragic loss that happened on easter sunday in colombo a neighborhood prepares to receive the bodies of loved ones that it has lost just of hundred metres from st anthony's church one of the locations which were hit amongst the eight locations where explosions happened on easter sunday and then also on the monday after it away and exploded just a few feet from her this neighborhood actually called the police when they saw the suspicious land back to your local status that they call the police and were cleared out local christian communities are shocked these are funeral processions going on but they tell us that this is the first time they have been targeted in th

because each is a bees look like local men from a local group who appeared to the joint up in someen really it was at first british shrines and local sri lankan targets are now hitting four interest teresa christian church is more in line with the ideologies of so—called chthonic state. as the point secretary said, always coordinated attacks, and a suggestion that actually the sri lankans were given actually the sri lankans were given a warning of this. yes, it looks as if they had a detailed intelligent report passed on by the indians, not yet confirmed about this, but about them planning something. if you look at it which was about april the 11th of talked about members of the group and it talked about potentially attacking churches and interestingly an indian diplomatic compound in sri lanka, and a name to some of those people who appear to have carried out the attack. but we now have this blame game in colombo, the sri lankan capital which is why it was not acted on who knew about it the prime minister sank he did not see it and now the president saying the same thing, so signs

light it was through down cause health minister that there are significant iraqi journalists that a local group and the national crowd here. are right because what same group has been behind us it is attacks and. he's on some wants us to think so much when people people have been arrested and all of them with names belonging to defra because all the nice ition so the hunt is on for more suspects about the organization has to be named. intelligence officials apparently received warnings about these attacks ahead of time but we're hearing that these warnings were not passed on to those who could have intervened including the prime minister what more can you tell us about those warnings. yes i'm a security. in the beginning i'll tell you. intelligence agencies and big receive information off i see both terrorist attacks. but this information as you correctly said was not cost on time you trying to become a single on you have that happen if this is. so the prime minister has said that he's going to come back investigations esteban's when truong why was there a miscommunication and why wasn't the ca

on palm sunday a church in on there are deploying the central province become under attack by a local group of course the police to conduct the speeding with sickish and. you can be splashed one we catholics have says a sense of insecurity instead bt and have the government to look into all the texts which have taken place and also to prevent such attacks in the future but nobody expected the text which they did today which has killed at least two hundred twenty eight people. long of course the country of many religion christianity is a minority religion there have been religious tensions in the past. definitely track in recent years there has been minor incidents targeting minority communities on and off just last year we saw some deadly attacks against the muslim community begin a in the central highlands which prompted the government to declare a state of emergency and there have been minor incidents which have been taking place against a minority time is so there has been cd's of continuous attacks which has been taking place in recent years but as i've said before this is one of the wo

the question everyonone is asks, ,hy would the authorities hounded a local group of actors managed toto acquire the resours to put onn such h a deadly act f terror? >> thank you for joining us. taxes, higherer pensions. announced heon has has attempted to take the sting .ut of the yellow vests protest >> a after five months of protes , emmanuel macron's first order of business was to address the yellow vests movement. >> to assuage compmplaints of inequality, the president promised a 5 billion euro income tax cut. >> the solution is not to raise income taxes for some people. it is to lower income taxes for the maximum number of people, starting with the middle classes. we will have to explain how we will finance these changes. pledged to stop the closure of public services in rural areas without divulging how these would be paid for. he french president said supported scrapping the elite administrative college. >> in order to achieve the reforms i have mentioned, we have to get rid of --, but not for the pleasure of it, but to build something that works better. we will have to keep the

this group ngt local radical muslim group but they have been linked to desis he creation of buddhistnd the goal of this group is to spread the global islamic movement to villainca. it was about political violence within the country. they are hoping to spread the same goal of al qaeda and isis in sri lanka and targeted christian churches on easter. jedediah: whether you have a warning like this it can be very nonspecific. there has to be a way to take a warning like that and heed some action. 10-day period and look at the devastation. death toll is 295. 500 wounded. americans poem from britain. this really spans so many individuals and growth devastation that there has to be a way to heed a warning like that and at least have authorities some marriage if that means amped up security or whatever can you do. look what it's capable of. devastating. pete: sofings sosks sophistication: 7 to 9 locations nearly the same time. it happened throughout the day. coordinated at churches. steve: sounds like they were mainly suicide bombers. they convinced themselves this is what they were going to

there's been that claim of responsibility from the so—called islamic state group for the easter sunday attacks. yet the local group which is being blamed for the bombings is relatively small, and previously not considered a major threat. so could the possible involvement of is account for the sophistication of the attacks, and could they have been prevented by better intelligence? our security correspondent gordon corera has been looking at some of the questions behind the investigation. it is one of the most deadly attacks the world has seen in recent years, and a clearer picture of those responsible is now emerging. the attackers, the authorities said from none many coming from none a relatively small group, previously best known only for vandalizing british trains. but officials have maintained they must have had help. there seems to have been foreign involvement. they feel that some of them have traveled abroad, and come back. there are may be more, that's why we've asked for assistance. today we saw the first evidence of where that help may have come from. the islamic state group issued a video, which w

authorities blame a local group of muslim radicals. the terror continued monday. >> [explosion] >> when a van exploited while police were trying to defuse a bomb out side of a church where a blast killed worshipers before. >> this is a sad moment. this is a very cowardly attack and it's not just an attack, it's a very gross, gruesome attack on humanity. sri lanka arrested 24 people and pope francis condemned the attack and offered prayers for the victims, victims who died although security forces were warned about potential attacks. sri lanka police said knech mig be targeted, but nothing was done. ian lee. >> mike pompeo vowed that the u.s. will battle islam -- we'll have more on the kpix5 news at 5:00. >>> a snego. a mother is in custody after she walked into a church holding a gun and a baby. police say the woman went into a non denomination church. video from outside shows an officer carrying the child away from the scene. >> she had a gun. it was unloaded. but she had a gun. and she was having a conversation, and basically she wan

sri lanka believe it was a local group acting in concert with isis, an international coordinated attack. we haven't seen groups in sri lanka have anything like the capacity or capability to put together this sort of attack. that points to some overseas planning, prance, some overseas links in this attack. >> what do you make of the news we're getting about multiple warnings, this memo being circulated. sri lanka somehow in the dark over this and now apologizing. how is that possible? >> well, that seems to be a blame game. there's a lot of politics in sri lanka. the u.s. has not yet confirmed what that sri lanka minister claimed about information being passed on. even if information was passed on, was it of a scale we saw play out over easter sunday? this really surprised almost every terrorism analyst i know. there's hardly been any jihadi activity in sri lanka compared to other regions that they've not had the sort of groups that would have this capability operating there. a very, very big surprise. that is very disturbing in and of itself. nearly 18 years after 9/11 that we could see

a myth it's a narrative he attempts to go into different cities he finds local competitors and local groups are fighting one another and offer them a narrative your the army and your opponents in the terrorists and that's what he's been able to make these kind of sweeping gains because you know only offers them a narrative but he militarily empowers them for they actually empowers them and then gives them diplomatic and political immunity so i think in that respect it's very very difficult to understand how hafter is going to begin to make these sweeping gains with a conventional army number two there was a popularity we should remember that since the fighting ended but it was the first laws that were established were banning protests now that's the very kind of acid test that shows you how thin skinned off there is a number three if we're going to move towards elections which was the u.n. roadmap and how do you move toward elections in cities and towns that are now completely under their control who thought the ahead of half there would contest this power there who would be able to run aga

group is behind the attack. nations thawahid jaman. it is a local organization.e don't know. >> this is the deadliest violence the country has seen since the civil war ended a decade ago. relatives are anxiously waiting for news. lankans.ed were sri at least 27 foreigners have been recovered. police have arrested 24 suspects. 84 bomb detonators were found at the bus station as the search for answers continue. authorities are trying to control the spread of misinformation. it is feared inflammatory content could provoke more bloodshed. spoke to a human rights lawyer in colombo. information is new. we need to look into the reason and the actors behind it. the press conference today indicated the investigation is still ongoing. i suggest we wait for more information. you are right, for a decade, we have not seen violence. yesterday incident raises serious implications in terms of the security situation and the peace that was born 1010 years ago. many questions at the moment on the ground. >> for a government being criticized for its culture of impunity in regards to

shock by a liberal she ran kind of health minister dr rabbit in a big game from journalists that a local group called the national town heat to mark who even a muslim radical group what a sponsor for sunday's attack. did say that they were investigating to see these groups had any foreign being small just a very short while ago i saw a local media report saying that christian my people are going to to know what sheikh international standards of conduct investigations into sunday's attacks of not off changes that there may have been a four incorrect connection that the intelligence officials the prodigy received warnings about these attacks ahead of time are questions being asked about one of our views were not passed on to the relevant departments including the prime minister. definitely i mean yesterday when strength and time is running to come i think of it a great time in the night he was disappointed and he had several questions contests and so did his cabinet of ministers and he said that during the first recovery period the three branches of intelligence agencies had received reports of

the headlines at 20:00: sri lankan authorities blame a local islamist extremist group for the series of co—ordinated bomb attacks that killed 290 people, including eight britons. it's confirmed that british mother anita nicholson and her two children are among those killed. her husband, ben, paid tribute to his "perfect wife" and "wonderful children". dozens of firefighters are trying to control a moorland fire at marsden, in west yorkshire. it's thought the blaze, which broke out last night and extends to over a square mile, was started by a barbecue. police say more than a thousand people have been arrested, after seven days of climate change protests. we'll be looking at how our warming climate is affecting the environment around us. from birds to plants and trees, we'll investigate the challenges they face from our changing seasons. good evening. the authorities in sri lanka have blamed a local islamist group for yesterday's bombings which killed 290 people — with foreigners among the dead, including eight britons. 500 people were also injured. the sri lankan government says the

so, is there a link between is abroad and the local group?rs are trying to answer. let's speak to clive, in colombo. clive, this is a difficult situation for sri lankans, there is the grief we saw in your report and these questions hanging over the investigation. that's right. but today does seem to have been one of progress in that investigation. a clearer picture is beginning to emerge of who the bombers were. remember, there are investigators from all over the world here, interpol and the fbi are on the ground helping local investigators say real flower power is being put into this investigation to try to piece together what happened unto the bombers were —— fire power. it is clear a picture is emerging of this family, the ibrahim family from here in colombo, possibly three brothers and one of their wives involved in one of the bomb plots. meanwhile, there had been continuing calls for the heads of the intelligence apparatus to resign, to quit because of failings in not putting forward the suggestion from two weeks ago that warnings existe

local group definitely has international and foreign ricks which is why they have a large following international assistance conducted to probe and he said this statement has been backed by iraq our president my conversation has also said he has appealed to the international community to assist sri lanka at this hour of need to all this just goes on to show that the district a group did not operate on its own and didn't abandon people prior warnings that an attack was imminent what exact information did the intelligence agencies have. yes so what we are hearing is that during the first three coffee acquittal the state intelligence and the qualities had received information off possible terrorist attacks and just a few days ago soon after the town is extortion and minister confirms that kid security division had received a letter saying that security had been beefed up for the legislators and told me i p's we should go event on to prove that there was correct on our relief because unfortunately the prime minister says he was not aware of this and neither was his cabinet of ministers and that he co

the headlines at 11:00: sri lankan authorities blame a local islamist extremist group for the series of co—ordinated bomb attacks that killed 290 people. amongst the dead were eight britons, including a mother and her two children, and a retired firefighter, who was killed along with his partner. firefighters have been trying to tackle a moorland fire at marsden in west yorkshire. it's thought the blaze, which broke out last night and extends to over a square mile, was started by a barbecue. police say more than a thousand people have been arrested after seven days of climate change protests. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers rachel shabi and tim montgomerie — stay with us for that. good evening. the authorities in sri lanka have blamed a local islamist group for yesterday's bombings, which killed 290 people — with foreigners among the dead, including eight britons. 500 people were also injured. the sri lankan government says the militants must have had international support. there has been another explosion today in the capital colombo, a

police think a local extremist group, ntj, may be behind the bombings.ven though isis has claimed responsibility. and cnn's nikhil kumar joins me now from colombo, sri lanka with more on this. so, nikhil, what is the latest on this hunt for more suspects as the country remains on high alert, fearing there might be more attacks. >> reporter: that's right, rosemary. there is a very, very palpable fear here in sri lanka. you mentioned the 48, close to 50 people arrested since saturday night. on friday, we had a shootout in eastern sri lanka when police raided some safe houses. they uncovered a massive haul of explosives, 150 explosive sticks, 100,000 ball bearings, a drone, isis flags, other paraphernalia. all of which underline something we've been talking about and observers have been highlighting ever since those easter sunday bombings, the sophistication of this terror cell, now linked to this local terror group that the police here and the security services here are going after. so in the aftermath of that, the fear here is very, very palpable. the cou

several people have been arrested, and the government has blamed a local hardline islamist group for. there are questions about whether warnings about the bombings were not passed on. the intelligence never indicated that it was going to be an attack of this magnitude. they were talking about one or two isolated incidents, not like this. and also besides, there is no emergency in this country. we can't request the armed forces to come and assist us. we can only depend on the police, so we informed the police. for a people that have endured war, these attacks are a sudden reminder of more violent times. yogita limaye, bbc news, colombo. it is morning. a new day in colombo, the capital of sri lanka. a state of emergency has been declared, came into effect at midnight, a few hours ago. that will give the government sweeping powers to detain and arrest suspects. today is also an official day of mourning. we expect to see more funerals take place today, more of that outpouring of grief and shock that we have seen the city experience over the last two days. now we know that this is the dea

officials are blaming a local group that many folks may not have heard of that a critical warning couldne ignored. janice joins us now on the phone from sri lanka. i understand a curfew may have just gone into effect. tell us what is happening. >> this is a curfew for a second night and stepped up military presence and police presence on the street. we're on the phone because our live location was shut down. you mentioned that explosion earlier today it was the bomb squad discovering a suspicious van. they were trying to work to defuse the device that they found inside and it went off and also found a homemade bomb near the airport and found detonators at a bus stop. secondary explosions are a known tactic of many militant groups. it's part of the reason that the government is imposing a state of emergency starting at midnight local time tonight to try to get a handle on public safety as we figure out who is behind the violence. the fbi is on the ground and interpole dispatched a team here. several members of the government are blaming a local group but they're convinced that they had t

mean when you are talking to the analysts, the nature of the attacks made it is more than just a local group? >> that is the suspicion. we don't know now for sure. the sri lankan the government has identified one particular group that was not doing very much up until this moment but intelligence experts believe the group has taken an islamic state style approach and may have links to other islamic states of where but these are details that will be investigated and we will learn more in the future . >> obviously, the concern is with these kinds of attacks, highly sophisticated and poor needed, future attacks could have the same deadly consequences? >> that is right and sri lanka is a company with a huge multiethnic and multireligious population and it is a very fragile peace that exists there and this sort of violence and chaos threatens the social fabric of the country. >> before we let you go, i want to ask you about reports that officials had intelligence before hand that the attack was going to happen but no one was arrested, nothing was done? what do you know about that? >> these are rep

extremist group, the nt], a local extremist group, the prime minister essentially thinksordinated suicide attacks, with the help of outside influences. of course, in the last few days or so, as our state has claimed responsibility for the attacks —— islamic state. the co—ordination suggest there was external help —— suggest. this country remains on a state of high alerts and there is still a lot of war mourning and grieving to do —— alert. let's get some of the day's other news. saudi arabia has executed 37 people in a single day on terrorism charges. all were saudi citizens and most, it's reported, were from the country's shia minority. the body of one was crucified after execution. amnesty international says one of the men was i6—years—old when arrested, and that many of the trials violated international standards and relied on confessions extracted under torture. in hong kong, nine leaders of 201a's pro—democracy "occupy" movement are expected to arrive shortly for sentencing at west kowloon magistrates‘ court. earlier this month the defendants were found guilty on pub

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