kind of sick and twisted retaliation for the equally sick and mass shootings in two mosques in christ church new zealand last month that killed some 50 people. it's a little hard to even accept this kind of logic right now. all you have to do is look into st. sebastian church right now, which is a forensics investigation scene after a suicide bomber killed more than 100 innocent catholics who were here for easter sunday mass just two days ago. the walls still spattered with blood. there has not been a formal claim of responsibility from this alleged group, but if we're starting to head into a world where extremists who profess to believe in the same god carry out retaliatory massacres in different countries, it's a frightening world we're headed into indeed. dave and michelle. >> certainly is. ivan watson live for us this morning. thank you. at least four american citizens are among the dead in sri lanka. one of them is kieran shafritz de zoysa, a fifth grader from washington, d.c. here is his heartbroken father. >> a brilliant mind who was going to be a neuroscientist and now he won't make

in new zealand tell us more about that it's actually played a big part in both in the case of christ church the shooter put up a startling manifesto for the world to see across the internet and then he lived he live stream the first part of his terrorist attack and it actually took authorities quite a while to take it down off the internet and in the case of sri lanka authorities have actually already blocked a major social media platforms facebook whatsapp instagram and you tube are among them with others included and this is part of the government's state of emergency declaration basically so it's really situations like this where the dilemma between freedom of freedom on the internet and the possibility of terrorists using it as a weapon for evil comes to the forefront and we spoke to the former head of the u.k. counterterrorism security office chris phillips he thinks these attacks were prepared well in advance. to tank is clearly a long time in the planning and possibly even a month is probably not quite long enough to do that but of course what it will have done perhaps is change the

what happens in new zealand on march fifteenth a mosque and an islamic center were shot up in christ church new zealand now fifty people were killed another fifty people were injured and the twenty eight year old shooter was a self described white supremacist his his crimes in the mass shootings he committed are considered to be some of the deadliest a new zealand's history. this is one of new zealand's darkest days. the role of social media has been highlighted over both the attacks on sunday and in new zealand tell us more about that you know what's actually played a big part in both in the case of christ church the shooter put up a startling manifesto for the world to see across the internet and then he lived he live stream the first part of his terrorist attack and it actually took authorities quite a while for. to take it down off the internet and in the case of sri lanka authorities have actually already blocked major social media platforms facebook what instagram and youtube are among them with others included and this is part of the government's state of emergency declaration basica

and in new zealand tell us more about that it's actually played a big part in both the case of christ church the shooter put up a startling manifesto for the world to see across the. internet and then he lived he live stream the first part of this terrorist attack and actually took authorities quite a while to take it down off the internet and in the case of sri lanka thirty seven actually already blocked major social media facebook whatsapp instagram and youtube are among them with others included and this is part of the government's state of emergency declaration basically so it's really situations like this where the dilemma between freedom of freedom on the internet and the possibility of terrorists using it as a weapon for evil comes to the forefront. life is the head of the ariel research center for defense and communication any kind he joins me on the line now. the authorities in sri lanka are warning that they think there's a serious chance there could be more attacks how great would you assess the chance of that happening. oh my assessment is just good as anyone's. i can only base m

in new zealand tell us more about that it's actually played a big part in both in the case of christ church the shooter put up a startling manifesto for the world to see across the internet and then he lived he lives through the first part of his terrorist attack and it actually took authorities quite a while to take it down off the internet and in the case of sri lanka authorities have actually already blocked major social media platforms facebook whatsapp instagram and you tube are among them with others included and this is part of the government's state of emergency declaration basically so it's really situations like this where the dilemma between freedom of freedom on the internet and the possibility of terrorists using it as a weapon for evil comes to the forefront. world leaders and top political figures of condemned the attacks and express their condolences the well wishes include two leading names in the u.s. democratic party some of pointed to possible discrepancies in the response from former president barack obama who spoke of the attack on tourists and easter worshippers in th

they actually last people as huge an end they were a lot of community leaders with an christ church thatwere part of their he being and so he's also this work around building up the leadership again building up the leadership team obviously these a lot of the streets in trauma around going back to the mosque that was the same of such a horrific. incident so we know that there's a lot of work to do but all in and the fact that we've had such widespread support of the jewels all across the country. my inbox just flooded with messages and i know that. the country at the same. it really helps to be out of the country is beside us but of course and time goes on those are the voices of dissent and negativity stet come up and we have been saying to our country that we need you the if for the alarm tim we love that you've been here with us straight in the aftermath and it's our port and but we need you here for the long term to make some significant changes. i'm embarrassed in a way because when i wrote you don't go back i remember reading something that the paper but since we were i think spiri

after sri lanka's deputy defense minister said the bombings may have been in retaliation to the christ church shootings last month and after. initial investigation officials said that these two to islamic terrorist groups that may or may not be connected to isis could have been working within a larger international terrorist network now the series of bombings that took place on easter sunday had a death toll now at three hundred twenty one confirmed deaths and another five hundred injured according to unicef even forty five children were among the victims now sri lankan authorities were actually warned a full two weeks before this series of bombings took place and the cabinet spokesperson has already taken to apologize for not picking up on the tip that led to the intelligence agencies if you will on the fourth of april international intelligence agencies informed us that such an incident could take place there detail group who is named christian churches in tourist destination as the main targets as the government we are responsible for all of the story and we apologize to everybody let's go

in new zealand tell us more about that it's actually played a big part in both in the case of christ church the shooter put up a startling manifesto for the world to see across the internet and then he lived he live stream the first part of his terrorist attack and actually took authorities quite a while to take it down off the internet and in the case of sri lanka and thirty's have actually already blocked major social media platforms facebook whatsapp instagram and you tube are among them with others included and this is part of the government's state of emergency declaration basically so it's really situations like this where the dilemma between freedom of freedom on the internet and the possibility of terrorists using it as a weapon for evil comes to the forefront. the serbian government is donating one million euro to which the world is not today and cathedral heavily damaged by fire last week the great says the nation will confirm a century old friendship with the french people the cathedral has already raised more than one billion dollars for its restoration. let's bring in some gues

see if he's fit to stand trial australia and britain terence made his second court appearance in christ church on friday he's been charged with fifty counts of murder and thirty nine charges of attempted murder since the attacks new zealand's prime minister has banned the sale of assault rifles and semi automatic weapons australia has passed tough new laws that threaten to send social media company executives to jail if they don't act quickly enough to take down violent content and it's in response to the attacks in new zealand which were live strained by the killer and her thomas reports from sydney. the crushed church killer broadcast his murders longleat online facebook hosted his video for seventeen minutes before cutting the feet australia's government is the first in the world to pass laws as a result explicitly targeting social media companies. just sliding against the weaponization of social media we are introducing a tough regime against the misuse and abuse of online platforms the rules and norms that apply in the physical world should also apply in the online world the new laws cove

in new zealand and christ church in new zealand, the churches if sri lanka just last week.he churches that have been burned down in louisiana. why are houses of worship, not necessarily just one faith, but houses of worship such a target right now? do you have a sense of that? >> well, i think that historically, you know, religion has always been a target. it's prominent. it represents our value system and people who are fighting that and people who are angry, it's just the easier target, the most obvious one. >> do you feel you have a handle on the security that you need to add to your congregations? >> we take security seriously but we will certainly assess it and -- >> you're reassessing because of this? >> yes. >> rabbi, thank you so much, for taking the time to come in and talk to us. >> my pleasure. god bless. >> you too. >>> to a rally in wisconsin last night, the president said this about the latest synagogue shooting. >> hard to believe. hard to believe. with respect to the synagogue in california, near san diego, and we are doing some very happy research. we will

the string of deadly bombings in seoul lanka on easter sunday were also in response to events in christ church eight bombs went off there in various places on the south asian island killing in total over two hundred fifty people churches and luxury hotels were targeted and now than in a move to try to boost public protection the sri lankan government has banned female face coverings in public and that the country's sizable muslim community the second largest minority group in sri lanka or an r.t. we discussed whether or not it was a prudent security measure or maybe another possibility to inflame religious or still it in the region. let's get real you know over two hundred fifty people have been massacred in sri lanka and the i fully support the sri lankan president for this temporary security measure i imagine a scenario where the security forces and saluting her people who are covered up and then could say that we didn't know who they were their identities were not clear to us so that kind of allows for the muslims to move freely across the society if those women had their faces shaded by a

him to become so violently driven by this is what he did so i see hass cold for revenge for the christ church attack should we expect a tit for tat string of attacks now of course look i says looking for these kind of oh but you know these are both feet off each other and i've been saying this for many many years they are going to feed off each other and we can expect it for unfortunately i hope we don't see it but it's a natural outcome to expect because of the way that these individuals these networks and groups freed of each other. you've been working with youth who got radicalized after seeing people of their face killed in mass numbers and you said it is extremely difficult to help them cope with hate they have inside them do you think church of christ church will radicalize even more people even further. i think if we look at the broader picture and the dynamics involved. with this situation in christchurch all the inscriptions the manifesto and the narratives that are coming out you know and you could say it's information or it's misinformation or fake news or real news but the reality

a new zealand court has ordered the suspect in the christ church mosque shootings to undergo a psych. evaluation the assessment will determine whether he is fit to face trial for mass murder. around twenty five relatives of victims and some survivors of the massacre travelled to the courtroom in christ church the accused twenty eight year old australian brenton tyrant appeared by video link he's being held in new zealand's only high security prison in oakland. he looks all right he doesn't he doesn't want anything he looks very fit. and eventually i don't care about real civilization lost. my mom the family of the family here that i want to go to and i. can but i want to be more the alleged shooter is facing fifty charges of murder and another thirty nine of attempted murder experts say the case is unprecedented in the country's history. as far as murder is concerned with saying nothing like this in the context of news young criminal justice system but i think the way the justice system and the courts are well able to be i would say conduct first the prices from here on and i had the

lanka's deputy defense minister said that they may have that this might have been a reaction to the christ church shootings last month and after an initial investigation they said that these two terrorist groups that they boiled the suspicions down to may have been working within a larger international net. work in the first place now the series of bombings that took place on easter sunday the death toll is now at three hundred twenty one people with another five hundred injured and according to unicef forty five children were among the victims now sri lankan authorities were warned of a bomb threat actually two weeks full two weeks before the easter sunday attacks took place and the cabinet spokes person has already apologized for failing to act on that tip. and the intelligence agencies on the fourth of april international intelligence agencies informed us that such an incident could take place there detailed reports named christian churches and tourist destinations as the main targets as the government we are responsible for all of the story and we apologize to everybody. now let's focus on th

their platforms the legislation comes in response to last month's mass shootings in two mosques in christ church new zealand the gunman wide street and the attacks on facebook the footage was widely shared before it could be removed and australian white supremacists is due to face fifty murder charges or the crimes australia's attorney general today described the new. law as a world first in terms of legislating the conduct of social media and online platforms the internet is not an ungoverned space and together will mr x. to ensure that pippa try to end their accomplices cannot live rich online platforms for the purposes of spreading they volunteer and exclaim fanatical propaganda based platforms should not be weaponized for evil purposes. all right for more on this now i'm joined by our reporter on tell us more about this new law i mean they're saying it's landmark legislation so it's targeting of course the big social media companies like you tube or facebook but it could also affect smaller companies you know your news websites or job science or even dating science basically anywhere where i

the international profile of new zealand's prime minister has risen since the christ church mosque killings just over two weeks ago. just cinderalla durned said the fact she'd come to beijing so soon after that was a reflection of the importance she places on her country's relationship with china there are strains in that relationship though especially over the chinese telecoms company while away which is being stopped from supplying five g. equipment to new zealand's mobile phone network on national security grounds that has upset china's leaders who regard weiwei as a symbol of all that this country has achieved in the past thirty years and if a place like new zealand refuses to purchase and employ a technology this is going to become a big problem not just in terms of business but in terms of the self image of the chinese leadership it's going to be a big fail before the cameras on monday premier league didn't mention walk away by name but said he wanted improved relations with new zealand he added later insisted there'd be no final decision on war way there is a view for instance that p

the international profile of new zealand's prime minister has risen since the christ church mosque killings just over two weeks ago. just cinderalla dearness said the fact she'd come to beijing so soon after that was a reflection of the importance she places on her country's relationship with china there are strains in that relationship though especially over the chinese telecoms company while away which is been stopped from supplying five g. equipment to new zealand's mobile phone network on national security grounds that has upset china's leaders who regard weiwei as a symbol of all that this country has achieved in the past thirty years and if a place like new zealand refuses to purchase and employ a technology this is going to become a big problem not just in terms of business but in terms of the self image of the chinese leadership it's going to be a big fail before the cameras on monday premier league didn't mention while away by name but said he wanted improved relations with new zealand added later insisted there'd be no final decision on war way there is a view for instance that po

you said before they're investigating the possibility that this attack was a retaliation for the christ church shootings in new zealand and to bring our viewers up to speed on march fifteenth it was a mosque and islamic center in christchurch new zealand that was shot up by someone that the media and some have called a white supremacist so let's take a look at some of the details of what happened. this is one of new zealand's darkest days. we've also seen haven't we linking these attacks similarities and how social media has been used in the wake of this attack drawings that have been made yeah absolutely well in the case of christ church the shooter put up a startling manifesto for the world to read before the. actual shooting all over the internet and then he live streamed the first part of his terrorist shooting of the mosque and it took authorities actually quite a while in new zealand to take it down a lot of people saw it and people had already downloaded it before they were able to take it down from websites now in the case of sri lanka authorities have already begun blocking major soci

is extremely difficult to help them cope with hate they have inside them do you think church of christ church will radicalize even more people even further. i think if we look at the broader picture and the dynamics involved. with this situation in christchurch all the inscriptions the manifesto and the narratives that are coming out you know and you could say it's information or it's misinformation or fake news or real news but the reality is that it's affecting you know thousands and thousands of individuals across the world in a very negative way because the theories that are coming out and some of them may be true and some of them may know but the reality is that the individuals are coming up with these theories that is what they believe so i feel that it's going to be a challenge for us to tackle the ideology going forward because there are legitimate grievances and if you look at the inscriptions of the money festo the house is being written by one that's being supported by others so we know there's a big network out there and because we know that so do individuals that isis will exploi

s voted just weeks after fifty people were shot dead by an australian man in two mosques in christ church all but one of them he's voted for the gun reform bill which outlaws military style semiautomatic weapons and parts. a u.-turn by air b.n. b. to allow property listings in the occupied west bank is being condemned the home sharing company had reversed its policy to remove israeli listings after settling legal action jewish lawyers sued air b.n. b. when it said the homes were at the core of the dispute between israelis and palestinians the company's managers now say all profits from rentals there will be donated to charity. the u.n. says there's been an alarming rise in civilian casualties in syria's last rebel held province the bombardment of it intensified a day after russia's president hinted it would moscow is one of the main backers of the syrian government and it says it's working with the assad government to eliminate what it calls a terrorist threat then hold the reports from beirut. the board mint is intense and indiscriminate opposition controlled towns and villages in the no

their postings on social media had become a lot more radicalized since the attacks happened in christ church now however terrorism research just say that there has to be some care when we make that sort of link simply because of the level of sophistication the level of coordination that was required in carrying out the attacks that took place in sri lanka across sri lanka across three different cities in sri lanka on sunday and these attacks the first six to six attacks happened within thirty minutes of each other leaving church go it's very little time to warn each other the whole idea was to maximize the damage that was caused maximize the number of victims so clearly that was a sophisticated level of coordination carried out and therefore that these attacks would have taken time to plan terrorism terrorism research as believe that they would have taken more than five weeks to plan because also apart from planning you need to condition the suicide bombers and bad is something that takes time but says really that is what the defense minister believes and they've also mentioned that they bel

of defense ascension he referring to that looking into lines of investigation about whether the christ church bombings in new zealand might have been a motivational factor also looking into issues of whether there will for the links but right now elizabeth the key thing is to get a handle on the situation and bring the situation under control and i'll thank you very much for that as menachem mandela's life and thank you. in other news thousands of sudanese protesters have joined us at an outside the army headquarters and. they say the military leaders are taking too long to hand over power to civilians african union leaders have given the military council three months for the transition. egypt's national election authority says voters have backed major constitutional changes that could allow president. to stay in power until twenty thirty the amendments also extend the military's power politics sisi will also have more power over the judiciary and parliament rights group said the referendum was neither free nor fair. in hong kong persian marcus leaders behind the so-called umbrella movement w

says the suicide bombings were carried out by a local islamist group in revenge for last month's christ church attack in new zealand so called islamic state has also claimed responsibility for the murders. egyptians have approved a series of controversial forms to the constitution that will allow president to l.c.c. to stay in power until twenty.

twenty five relatives of victims and some survivors of the massacre travel to the courtroom in christ church. the accused twenty eight year old australian brenton tyrant appeared by video link he's being held in new zealand's only high security prison in oakland. he looks all right he doesn't he doesn't want anything he looks very fit. and eventually i don't think he care about real civilization loss. my mum the family the family here that i want to go to and i. can but i want to be the more the alleged shooter is facing fifty charges of murder and another thirty nine of attempted murder experts say the case is unprecedented in the country's history. as far as nature is saying nothing like this in the context . i think just the system and of course how well i. and the prices from here on end at the end of the twenty minute hearing tyrant was remanded in custody until mid june. officials are recounting the votes in turkey's largest city istanbul after present. a party demanded that those results be checked the main opposition narrowly won the city and you know all actions of last weekend but

twenty five relatives of victims and some survivors of the massacre travelled to the courtroom in christ church. the accused twenty eight year old australian brenton tyrant appeared by video link he's being held in new zealand's only high security prison in oakland. he looks all right he doesn't he doesn't wear anything he looks very fit. and eventually i don't care about rules tribulation laws. my mom the family. here i want to go and i. can but i want to be. the alleged shooter is facing fifty charges of murder and another thirty nine of attempted murder experts say the case is unprecedented in the country's history. as far as. saying nothing like the. justice system in the courts are well able. the prices from here on and at the end of the twenty minute hearing tyrant was remanded in custody until mid june. a follow up now to stories of racial abuse in a european football stadiums england player danny rosa said he can brake to get out of the game because he's so disgusted by racism and the response of football authorities produce and some of his team itself on the english squad the focus of

i have to say the synagogue, the christ church slaughter, easter sunday mass.a roman catholic and i was away last week, i cried. i was with someone who is friends with the father of the three children who died. he was beside himself. i was sent pictures from people who were there. i feel extremely affected by this, just as a person. but all of it is horrible. how do people come together after all of this? >> i think a house of worship is the place of refuge. it's the place of love, place of mercy, place where we are to receive forgiveness and to be accepted by god as we understand him to be. further that plays to be a place of violence, of ethnic hatred, in the case of sri lanka, a virulent islamist anti-christian bigotry in the case of the attacks on the san diego synagogue this past weekend, laura, virulent anti-semitism. by the way, by a trump-heating anti-semite who said he hated trump because he loved jews and he loved israel. what can we do as men and women of faith? we can unite behind our common humanity. second of all, we can assert the need to do what

secretary general how he intends to encounter these challenges and the response to the massacre in christ church has been widely praised, prime minister teresa may's leadership has been widely panned. do women have a distinct and different leadership style? i'll ask the great tina brown. here is my take, president trump's threat to close the u.s. mexico border confused even his allies. >> we will close the damn border. we'll give them a one-year warning and if the drugs don't stop or largely stop, we're going to put tariffs and if that doesn't stop the drugs, we close the border. i don't think we'll ever have to close the border. i may shut it down at some point. >> on the broader issue of legal immigration, trump seems to be shifting his position. in his 2019 state of the union address, the president declared. >> i want people to come into our country in the largest numbers ever but they have to come in legally. >> immigration hard liners did not take this well but the president has since reasserted the idea the day after the state of the union trump told reporters, i need people coming in beca

a letter allegedly written by this shooter mentioned the christ church mosque shooting in new zealand. after that president trump was asked if he thought white nationalism was a growing threat around the world. this is what he said six weeks ago. >> i don't really. i think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. >> so this is the second deadly attack in a synagogue in six months in the united states and follows a major attack on two mosques in new zealand. obviously we've seen anti christian violence as well from terrorists who are islamists in nature. does president trump still think that white nationalism is not a growing threat around the world? is he reconsidering that? >> well, the irony is he condemned white nationalism and neo-nazis and the kkk during the charlottesville incident. and more responsible anchors like you and michael smerconish yesterday are starting to admit that he wasn't talking about them when he said fine people. he was talking about a monument discussion. anybody can pull up his exact statements and the transcript of those conversa

last month, a gunman targeted mosques in christ church, new zealand. dozens of people were killed and wounded there. . >>> let's talk about all of this now with amy pope. she is a former member of the u.s. national security council under the former president barack obama and she is now an associate fellow with chatham house think tank. thank you for joining news london. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> reporter: this is the latest attack we have seen around the world targeting soft target places of worship. what sort of things, if anything, amy, can be done to protect or guard against attacks like these? >> i think, number one, is that we need to use our intelligence much more effectively. there was at the department of homeland security a unit that was focused on tracking home-grown extremism and violent extremism around the country, as well as sharing information with extremism with our partners around the world and that particular unit has been gutted and that is troubling at this moment in time when we are seeing a rise in this kind of at

but he believes that the attacks that took place were really in retaliation for what happened in christ church where there were attacks on muslims at mosques in new zealand now he said that the facebook postings on some of these suspected. attackers took a more radical turn in the weeks after the attacks however terrorism researchers say that to make a close link we also have to be very careful simply because this sort of attacks that took place across sri lanka they require a level of coordination and a level of sophistication and it would have taken more than five weeks for these attackers to plan now remains on very high alert now and the colombo port says it's received intelligence from the. country's intelligence services that to the polls laden with explosives may be trying to breach its premises police stations in colombo have been put on high alert as well and police have even been telling ever requested that drivers who are going to leave their cars parked on the roads for more than for longer hours to leave the numbers on the dashboard now elsewhere it's really easy to see just how t