colombo. trying to make sense of the easter sunday carnage that killed more than 250 people a 12 man special parliamentary select committee heard from police chief budget just in the or who is on compulsory leave for refusing to take the blame and resign. little bit even though there is no practice anywhere with regards to intelligence information that the inspector general of the police should share with the president a suicide bombers from a local muslim group attack christian churches on easter sunday as well as 5 star. more than 250 people were killed and hundreds injured. claimed responsibility for the coordinated attack. the police chief said the state intelligence service received repeated warnings of possible attack and detailed a series of delays by all security agencies to act. i got a phone call about an imminent threat that something trying to risk could happen when you are being told repeatedly something happened something and i wonder war or been do you ask what steps have been t

to the victims and agreed to step up corp to prevent future attacks now fernando's has more from colombo. a firsthand look at one of the main targets of the easter sunday bombings for indian prime minister narendra modi he's the 1st world leader to visit chile anchor since the attacks and stopped at the number needs church in colombo on his way in from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more . 10 indians were among the 45 tourists killed. it's a 3rd visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremony and welcome including a 21 gun salute despite. the indios probably probably going to take a more assertive role as far as its regional influence is concerned and this is part of more he has said his visit is to express india's solidarity with sri lanka's government and people in mind just be a force stop in sri lanka but analysts say prime minister narendra modi's visit send

his allies in the region his 1st since getting reelected modi is the 1st foreign leader to visit colombo since the easter sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people there's been increasing political tensions in sri lanka just months ahead of the presidential election the indian prime minister went to one of the sites where the bombings took place in sri lanka in the interim ot pay tribute to those killed at the st anthony's shrine during the easter sunday attacks modi tweeted his solidarity saying he has confidence re lankans will rise again our correspondent for nando's has more from colombo. 6 weeks after the deadly easter sunday carnage the visit of the prime minister of india is important for sure lunker it's a gesture of confidence that things in the country are returning to normal almost as if to highlight that the prime minister stopped in anthony's church the church that was one of the 1st hit on that easter sunday morning basically father highlighting the fact that his message is that it's back things are getting back to normal he had said that the people of india stand fi

india's prime minister has become the 1st foreign leader to visit colombo since the deadly easter sunday bombings and remotely flew into sri lanka on sunday for talks with the country's leaders and members of the opposition he then stopped by one of the churches targeted at the easter sunday attacks to pay tribute to some of the 250 people killed our correspondent in elfin and as in colombo with the very latest an important visit for both sides. that's right so her 4th the fact that the leader the prime minister of one of the world's most populous countries biggest of marcus' it coming here a becoming the 1st world leader to actually visit after those words to sound attacks is a big deal. to call that after the attacks there was a lot of concern of a bottle uncle as a destination now one of the largest tourist groups the visitor lanka happen to be indian tourist so very important the confidence of the indian prime minister's visit sort of coming here to say things are returning to normal if it's good enough for the prime minister of india then it's good enough for everybody to follow sui

while the weather next and then we'll be live in colombo where india's prime minister has a ride for talks with real life as leader. a call for unity and celebration after mexico strikes a deal with the u.s. but it's at a state cost. hello there we've been watching a huge storm make its way across parts of europe is this whirling massive here it borders a gust of wind around 130 kilometers per hour in the northwestern parts of france and now it's working its way towards the north it is still giving us some heavy downpours and some pretty strong winds but it will mostly be confined to parts of scandinavia the as we head through the day on sunday behind it a lot calmer for many of us the still a good deal of cloud and the chance of see one or 2 showers in particularly lively ones in the southern parts of france that faced in parts of europe it's staying hots for many of us here basco up at 30 degrees another hot day for us so expect more scenes like this blue skies and people struggling to cool down i don't think that's going to last too long though because by the time we get to monday

his allies in the region his 1st since getting reelected is the 1st foreign leader as well to visit colombo since the east the sunday bombings there that killed 250 people there's been increasing political tension in sri lanka just months before the presidential election our correspondent now from nando's has more from colombo. 6 weeks after the deadly easter sunday carnage the visit of the prime minister of india is important for sri lanka it's a gesture of confidence that things in the country are returning to normal almost as if to highlight that the prime minister stopped in anthony's church the church that was one of the 1st hit on that easter sunday morning basically father highlighting the fact that his message is that it's back things are getting back to normal so he had to said that the people of india stand firmly with the people of sri lanka in their fight against terror and it seems that that is very much the message of his visit even though it's just for 4 hours his 1st foreign was it after his reelection as the prime minister of india but for sri lanka it comes at a time when

but already think sub-zero as well fernando's lived in colombo. who think rebels in yemen have released new images showing what they say are saudi military positions that they've captured near the border the rebels say they've killed dozens of saudi soldiers near the southern city of nonchalant hooty media released this video which appears to show fighting and weapons seized from the saudi u.a.e. coalition it also shows what they say is the wreckage of an american made drone a coalition which backs the yemeni government hasn't confirmed the developments on the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen has restricted imports over the past few years and that's created problems in health care of particular with patients struggling to find lifesaving medicines mohammed reports from yemen's capital sanaa. side do we tourism weekly dallas's and this hospital and son are but he says he doesn't completely get rid of the toxic waste in his body. due to the shortage of dialysis materials outdated devices and blackouts kidney patients face constant uncertainty many of

he accompanies christian services throughout the capital colombo. on easter sunday he was playing humans here at these tribes when the congregation wants by an explosion . to put their foot in and there's a lot of really good i'll even know it again just talking to you about it i'm shooting. this at the point i failed to jewel trauma left side about 20 meters strong i'm not. going to want to see all of it everything going down with the tools and it was just all over the place it was a good job again he couldn't breathe. but that cannot be about the way by the end i look for a doctor and sausage running at the back of the church. of not among my stores we're going to and god are named jim syllable. the clock it's anathema he's still mocks the exact time the bomb tore through the church luxman remembers worshippers flaying in a state of shock panic and chaos for little and their what out of the given the order that would be carried to injure dr and to order the. village cops as i don't top off each other it was a bloody scene that it was of the large

words yes yes yes yes everything the comediennes due to reconvene next tuesday when the finance is 0 colombo. hungary and prosecutors say the captain of a ship that was involved in a deadly collision on the danube river was in another accident in april at least 16 south korean tourists died when the cruise ship crashed into a tour boat last week 12 people are still missing prosecutor says the captain erased data from his mobile telephone after the accident his lawyers deny he did anything wrong. staying in europe a german sumedha dozens of his patients with lethal injections has been sentenced to life in prison kneels hurdle is thought to be one of the most prolific serial killers in german history the judge described his killing spree as in comprehensible dominic kane from berlin. this is one of the worst serial killers since the 2nd world war a relatively nondescript man to look at nears hurdles crimes are anything but investigators believe he may have killed hundreds on thursday he was convicted of 85 murders a short fall several in court deplored as this is a bitter and this is the it's

he accompanies christian services throughout the capital colombo. on easter sunday he was playing hymns here at the stride when the congregation walks by an explosion. that put their butt in the n s a level really good i even know it again just talking to you about it i'm shooting. this at the point i felt a jolt trauma leftside about 20 meters from the world going to die or to see all of it everything going down with the thought it was just all over the place it was watergate and he couldn't pretend like that going obvious to me by then i looked for a doctor and saw her shining at the back of the church. of anonymous torchwood in a way and god named jennifer one of. the clock it's anathema is still mocks the exact time the bomb tore through the church. oxman remembers worshippers fleeing in a state of shock panic and chaos for little and their what out of the given the order that would be carried to injure a dog and to order the. killer you know there were cops as filed on top of each other because of bloody see that it. shattered broken limbs bloo

the committee is due to reconvene next tuesday when the finance charges era colombo now palestinians are accusing israeli settlers of setting fire to hundreds of olive trees in the occupied west bank and abraham reports from the town of genoa and olive trees that have been here for the past 60 years have turned into ashes after the recent arson and jubilant north of the occupied west bank. israeli settlers were seen attacking the school in the village ahead of the fires locals say they started it they will submit the surveillance camera footage to the israeli police but they don't expect a fair trial has been the day it's difficult to imagine that they would hold settlers accountable usually the israeli justice system stands by the settlers in the face deterrence from the israeli forces and police they wouldn't repeat their attacks every year there's a problem of the sort of. human rights organizations say less palestinians are reporting settler attacks and accuse the israeli system of biased toward settlers this is really a human rights organization yes dean says that 93 percent of

he accompanies christian services throughout the capital colombo. on easter sunday he was playing hymns here at these tribes when the congregation walks by the explosion . but they're put in and there's a lot more really did i even know that again just talking to you about it i'm shooting. this at the point i felt a jolt trauma leftside about 20 metres strong the world going. to see all of it everything been valuable tools it was dust all over the place will do it again and he couldn't breathe like that good enough it on the by then i looked for a doctor and sausage running at the back of the church. of anonymous stores we're going to and god are named. the clock it's anathema he's still marks the exact time the bomb tore through the church luxman remembers worshippers laying in a state of shock panic and chaos for little and there were a lot of the good looking when they were there would be carried to injure a dog and the killer to order the. killer you know there was a cop says i don't top off each other and it was a bloody scene of it so yes of t

the committees do to reconvene next tuesday when the finance jazeera colombo demonstrations of him taking place and what desire is where the brazilian president is on his 1st official visit to argentina but has gathered at the plots a demaio square in the city center holding signs reading argentina rejects all sonora the brazilian need to held talks with his counterpart present but it's your mockery on regional trade and the crisis in venezuela. it was the largest sea and invasion in history involving 160000 troops on a single day western leaders gathered with world war 2 veterans to pay tribute to those who charge the beaches of normandy on d.-day 75 years ago it's actually about reports now and commemorations of the day that helped give birth to a new europe. as they met american d.-day veterans emanuel mark hall and donald trump put aside their political differences the presidents of france the united states paid tribute to american troops simply 5 years after allied soldiers landed in normandy to help liberate france and europe from nazi powers trump often injects personal politics in

he accompanies christian services throughout the capital colombo. on easter sunday he was playing hymns here at st at least try and win the congregation wants by an explosion. that would have been in the n s a level really did i even know it again just talking to you about it i'm shooting. this at the point i felt a jolt trauma leftside about 20 metres from the world going to want to see all of it everything very valuable tools and it was just all over the place it was would turn again he couldn't breathe. but that cannot be at that that he by that i looked for a doctor and sausage running at the back of the church. of anonymous stores we're going to where i thought i'll name. the clock it's anathema he's still mocks the exact time the bomb tore through the church luxman remembers worshippers flaying in a state of shock panic and chaos for little and their what out of the un they were that would be caddy to injure dr and to order the. killer you know there were cops as i don't top off each other it was a bloody scene that it. shattered over broken l

and india's prime minister has become the 1st foreign leader to visit colombo since the deadly easter sunday bombings there undramatic flew into sri lanka on sunday for talks with the country's leaders and members of the opposition but often and as has more from the capital. a firsthand look at one of the main targets of the easter sunday bombings for indian prime minister narendra modi he's the 1st world leader to visit since the attacks and stopped its announced unease church in colombo on his way from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here. within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more. 10 indians were among the 45 tourists killed. it's a 3rd visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremonial welcome including a 21 gun salute despite heavy rains india is probably probably going to take a more secure assertive role as far as its regional influence is concerned and this is part of that morty has said his vis

his allies in the region his 1st since getting reelected is also the 1st foreign leader to visit colombo since the easter sunday bombings there that killed more than 250 people has been increasing tension in sri lanka just months ahead of its presidential election. the media in yemen say the rebels have launched several drones targeting saudi arabia in a tweet they said they were trying to hit military facilities in the design airport near the yemeni border there's been no confirmation of this from the saudi government. amnesty international is urging saudi arabia to rule out the death penalty for a teenage boy or taj faces execution for a series of offenses some of which date back to when he was just 10 years old shelob ellis reports. this was qatif in eastern saudi arabia in 2011 the arab spring was under way and the shia community was protesting against discrimination and incitement against them what happened in qatif has led to several boys being seen to it's to do it including a teenager who taj a coed assess the charges against him date back to this night in november 20th leven was

comma who's a part of a correspondent for the daily financial times he joins us live via skype from colombo this apparent sucking of the chief of national intelligence is it all but it seems on the face of it. oh well yes mysticism and is laws in front of the select committee last week and he actually came out when suddenly information according to president bill is information could jeopardize the national security one of those issues which came up was that the presidency to say about has deliberately kept the prime minister and the minister of security statements of the past away from national security meetings and apart from that. the development of course the development has led c. to say and. to be you know weak position i had of the presidential election according to analysts but the chief of staff national intelligence as it was only on a one year contract was and he's a retired police officer yeah absolutely right because this particular position was created for coordinating purposes because we have in sri lanka several agencies handling that state intelligence. because the military

the committee is due to reconvene next tuesday minerva nando's jazeera colombo. thailand's prime minister has called for national unity after the parliament voted for him to stay on as its leader the vote completes his transition to head of a civilian government 5 years after he seized power in a military coup but as wayne hay reports from bangkok the opposition says the military is still in charge. after more than 11 hours of debating and voting thailand's parliament finally elected a prime minister for the next 4 years. general prayuth china chair receives more than half the vote from the house of representatives which means he has been chosen as the new prime minister. but he's not new at all. is the army general who led a coup to remove a democratically elected government in 2014 and has been prime minister ever since . much of his support in the parliamentary vote came from senators in the upper house who were handpicked by the military it wasn't surprising therefore that they all voted for prior to continue as thailand's leader. the only other contender was

but sadly nothing much was actually done about it adrian but now many thanks for that is live in colombo weather stuff stuff coulter is here with a look at the weather in just a few moments but still to come on the news. the invisible threat that's killed hundreds of children in nigeria plus. i'm a. big. thanks to pieces. by algorithm an exhibition produced by the world's 1st humanoid artist. and later in sport european champions league rivals become international teammates for england far will be hit with the rest of the sport in around 20 minutes. the weather sponsored by qatar and ways. hello there it is horse for some of us in europe at the moment this is the temperature it's in the orange where we're seeing the warmest weather we've had temperatures of around 30 degrees there in warsaw in poland very very hot people in the farms there cooling off and it's also been around 30 for some of us in germany as well with the whole weather we are seeing quite a bit of thunder reactivity see the bright white areas of cloud here and some of the worst of the weather has been around ukraine just

modi he's the 1st world leader to visit since the attacks and stopped at the number needs church in colombo on his way from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here. within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more. 10 indians were among the 45 tourists killed. it's a 3rd visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremony and welcomed including a $21.00 gun salute despite the view reince india is probably going to pick up more assertive role as far as its regional influence is concerned and this is part of. more he has said his visit is to express india's solidarity with sri lanka's government and people in mind just be a force stop in sri lanka but analysts say prime minister narendra modi's visit sends an important message that things are getting back to normal 6 weeks after the easter sunday carnage politics is a different story present mighty by the city center and prime minister brown has become a singer may have com

being they're also part of the post-war founder generation in the capital colombo they converted this old house into a hotel many of their rooms are empty now but there's no talk of giving up things have returned to normal the business is operating the hotel industry is us to live if you will like the price does haven't opened up yet if you want to enter a hotel it's high security if it was bags that was not there before a state of emergency has been in place since the easter sunday attacks the streets dotted with military and police checkpoints the search is still on for the terrorist supporters. is also to go after the attacks the foreign office upgraded its travel advisory by advising against any non-essential travel meaning tourism to sri lanka so german tour operators are not offering any trips to sri lanka right now. that didn't keep gabriella jack and see a way she has her own take on things. i am completely relaxed incredibly good no i don't regret taking on the risk which is exactly what it hasn't been that. theory of a the result has already taken a few bookings for the fall

to display now add insult to the war in india recently signed it joint deal with japan to develop colombo port in sri lanka all of that is more obvious strategic position rather than a political one to come to the belt and road so overall with india china needs to come a little bit cleaner about belt and road and india will be a willing partner if the terms and open where china certainly seems to try and increase sort of partnerships with some regions its economy has shown signs of slowing down factory output down to a 17 year low also due to the u.s. china trade war of course in how far is this summit a show of asia's power strength. what china knows and acknowledges that india is a formidable force to persuade and it does have a lot of work to do in that sense because india has its own agenda of being the next top rival economy in asia so what president xi is trying to do now is rather use troops and convey a message of it with a softer approach telling people to partner with them rather than to just view them as an elder sibling of sorts now on the other side the united states companie

we have more from colombo.t was very much essentially to remove key members of the military as well as two governors were serving in the eastern province and the governor in the west and -- western province. campaigned and those who supported all of them had been associated and basically accuse them of being involved in extremism and helped and aided in terms of the extremism that ultimately led to the carnage. since then, we've had the collective resignation by all serving in government. say thee taken this and culture of impunity with relation to say speech against the muslim community has reached a level that cannot be accepted. we have seen too many outbreaks of violence. just a few weeks ago, the most recent one and the government needs to ensure that it keeps a

we have more now from colombo. make sense easter sunday carnage that killed more than 250 people. a 12th man special parliamentary select committee heard from the police chief who is on compulsorily for refusing to take the blame and resign. is no practice anywhere with regards to intelligence information that the inspector general of the police should share with the president. suicide bombers from a local muslim group attacked christian churches on eastern sunday, as well as five-star hotels. more than 250 people were killed and hundreds were injured. ice is claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks. the police chief says the state intelligence service received repeated warnings and detailed delays. >> i got a phone call about an imminent threat that something dangerous could happen. >> when you are being told repeatedly something could happen today or tomorrow, did you ask what steps have been taken? is it not possible for you? the police told the committee that the president asked him to resign after th

colombo. still ahead for you. and the team hoping to cause an upset on day one of the women's football. and you know i busy talking cricket but actually football it's a day it's running on no nightly but the biggest events in the history of women's sport is about to kick off in friends close to a 1000000 sick it's have already been sold for the 8th women's football world cup the hosts will play south korea in front of a sold out part of the stadium in paris a little lights are on $24.00 teams taking polls in all with defending champions the united states getting back campaign starts against holland on shoes day if you're holy and i don't run rain king and here you come in 8th and internment you know that's not that's not so great so for us we're always looking at making it to the final and i think that's that's part of our mentality is is regardless of the time in the game we're going to continue to believe that we're going to we're going to come up on top i'll schools correspondent lee wellings is in paris for th

he accompanies christian services throughout the capital colombo. on easter sunday he was playing hymns here at st at least tried when the congregation walks by an explosion. but what is the n s a level really did i even know it again just talking to you about it i'm shooting. this at the point i failed to joel trauma left side about 20 meters strong i'm not. going to want to see all of it everything going down with the tools it was just on a little piece was pulled out again and he couldn't breathe. but that cannot be about the by the end i look for a doctor and sausage running at the back of the church. of anonymous stores we're going to where i thought i'll name. the clock it's in athens still marks the exact time the bomb tore through the church luxman remembers worshippers flaying in a state of shock panic and chaos for little and their what out of the given the order that would be carried to injure dr and to order the. killer you know there were cops as i don't drop off each other because of bloody scene that it was of the large shutter broken

denied it science in april killed 258 people let's bring in me now fernandez our correspondent in colombo sri lanka for more on this what more can you tell us about this. if. giving the d.v.d. is the kind of contention in the city of pittsburgh the secret in front of to have a secret service floor for all of that is in the country in a vacuum that if the venerable are to believe that in a futile this what is hmong we launched he hung apart 3 days ago he was calling on president my mother figure to learn. more he was in the government one a minister the minister of trade and commerce as well as 2. governors the governor of the eastern province and the governor of the western province all 3 of the muslims essentially the letter of it did dratted up over the last couple of days yesterday was we did have a very controversial figure in the person of the venerable and youngest son of a hero the general secretary of the body bala seen to me nor was granted a presidential pardon just over a week ago and he was a very visible presence at this on the fast when the when he did lay down ultimately to

attended the 1st service since the attacks at the newly renovated st anthony's church in the capital colombo laura burton manley as the story. roman catholic worshippers celebrate mass in the nearly reopened st anthony's church almost 2 months before it was torn apart by a bomb explosion some are still overcome with emotion. the weapons were down and i lost my sustain lowing be explosion we are live but she's no longer with us. they never told me that she had died i was in hospital and i only found out when i went home. worst parts in tanzania's church the isa sunday service the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here was. panic and chaos ensued. within minutes similar scenes at 2 other churches in 3 hotels at least 250 people were killed and hundreds injured. a local muslim group that's been linked to eisele has been blamed the attacks. in the parent reprisal mobs destroyed muslim businesses and homes killing at least one person. the isa bombings had consequences in an already fragile political establishment earlier this month all 9 muslim. government and 2 governance resigned it

modi he's the 1st world leader to visit since the attacks and stopped at the number needs church in colombo on his way from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here. within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more. 10 indians were among the 45 tourists killed. it's a good visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremonial welcome including a 21 gun salute despite. india is probably going to take a more secure assertive role as far as its regional influence is concerned and this is part of that modi has said his visit is to express india's solidarity with sri lanka's government and people in mind just be a force stop in sri lanka but analysts say prime minister narendra modi's visit sends an important message that things are getting back to normal 6 weeks after the easter sunday carnage politics is a different story present mighty by the city center and prime minister brown has become a singer may have come together for

they have denied it acts in april 258 people let's bring in me now fernandez our correspondent in colombo sri lanka for more on this what more can you tell us about this now. if. given the. heightened tension in the city of this if for example of the 2 with a secret list on floor the robot is in the country and that was that of the venerable after the leave nothing of this. along he hung up.

monday after demands from national lash alist buddhist monks and all fernandez joins us live from colombo so now what's happening with this us session today. right now this is the special parliamentary select committee on the easter sunday bombings happening just behind me in parliament just outside that committee room it is the 3rd day of hearings and this committee is seeking to try and get some kind of understanding as to what exactly happened that allowed that carnage on the 21st of april now today we've got the police chief inspector general of police which is just under who is appearing before the select committee incidentally he is on compulsorily sent on compulsory leave by the president in his capacity as the head overseeing the police but you have the i.g.p. presenting his case essentially we do know that both the i.g.p. and the former defense secretary had been blamed for a multitude a century of failures that allowed that to take place and now you have the police chief saying his piece russia so now we have heard claims counterclaims all types of information about the intellig

modi he's the 1st world leader to visit since the attacks and stopped at the number needs church in colombo on his way from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here. within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more 10 indians were among the 45 tourists killed. it's a 3rd visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremony and welcome including a 21 gun salute despite the view reince india is probably going to take a more secure assertive role as far as its regional influence is concerned and this is part of. more he has said his visit is to express india's solidarity with sri lanka's government and people in mind just be a force stop in sri lanka but analysts say prime minister narendra modi's visit sends an important message that things are getting back to normal 6 weeks after the easter sunday carnage politics is a different story president might it by the city and prime minister brown has become a singer may have come t

thursday he told the committee the attacks could have been prevented when elfin and as has more now from colombo. present my 3 policy recently livid at the proceedings at the special parliamentary select committee on the easter sunday bombings on the very 1st day he ordered a halt to the live feed from that parliamentary select committee and that is where his chief of national intelligence is or mendis a gave testimony we had him say that the national security council had met on a regular basis essentially revealing the kind of lackadaisical attitude to its intelligence to its intelligence sharing and things like that now he told his senior police officers when he met them last evening that all those who had given evidence were those who had been removed and there he revealed that even his chief of the national intelligence had been removed or sacked now here's his reason why moammar the market i will not send anyone who is currently working for the defense ministry or police department before the select committee and i will take primary responsibility because revealing intelligence chiefs intel

yes not yes yes yes everything the committees do to reconvene next tuesday in the finance jazeera colombo. thailand's prime minister has called for national unity after the parliament voted for him to stay on as its leader the vote completes his transition to head of a civilian government 5 years after he seized power in a military coup but as wayne hay reports from bangkok the opposition says the military is still in charge. after more than 11 hours of debating and voting thailand's parliament finally elected a prime minister for the next 4 years. general prayuth chana char receives more than half the vote from the house of representatives which means he has been chosen as the new prime minister. but he's not new at all. is the army general who led a coup to remove a democratically elected government in 2014 and has been prime minister ever since . much of his support in the parliamentary vote came from senators in the upper house who were handpicked by the military it wasn't surprising therefore that they all voted for prior to continue as thailand's leader. the only other contender was

local armed group linked to eisele has claimed responsibility in all fernandez's life for us and colombo so did this come as a surprise this firing. well to show it does because the president everyone knew that he had been livid about the parliamentary select committee this put special parliamentary select committee which is looking into the easter sunday attacks now right on the very 1st day we had the chief of national intelligence is that amanda's going before that committee and giving testimony giving evidence as you mentioned he did talk about the huge sort of almost lackadaisical attitude towards intelligence towards national security he did say that there hadn't been drag uli sessions and there were issues that he revealed now the very 2nd day we heard that there was a whole lot of efforts from various quarters to try and stop the select committee sessions because there were 2 sort of key witnesses that were due to appear but we did see these witnesses on the 3rd day that's the police chief who is on compulsory leave and the former defense secretary so the president very unhappy w

colombo. people in kazakhstan going to the polls on sunday to choose a new president for the 1st time in almost 30 years the interim president has been handpicked by the country's former leader but as robin frosty a walker reports now from a growing youth movement as on the right is. old men have been running kazakstan 3 years and people here are now being asked to vote for another one but younger cousin getting other ideas elsewhere. this post went viral exposing the absurdity of a political system where even a blank ballot lines you in trouble and i need to not let you do it again if that's what you thought activism has grown rapidly since president nursultan nazarbayev resigned in march after 30 years. there then. and the lot further on his chosen successor. is expected to win on sunday in what many say is a managed election. but some activists are calling on voters to boycott the poll saying it won't change anything this relation 1st meeting with this system is the weaker because one perso

some of his allies in the region his 1st since being reelected he's the 1st foreign leader to visit colombo since the easter sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people there's been increasing political tension in sri lanka just months ahead of its presidential election. the prime minister has visited also the scientists who were one of the explosions took place prime minister modi pay tribute to those killed and to the shrine during the easter sunday attacks modi tweeted his solidarity saying he's confident sri lankans will rise again if the media in yemen say the rebels have lord several drones targeting saudi arabia in a tweet they said that they were trying to hit military facilities in the design port area near the yemeni border there's been no confirmation of this from the saudi government. moldova's interim president has signed a decree calling for snap elections to be held in september father philip was appointed after a court relieved president ego and order on of his g t's he had refused to dissolve parliament and backed the formation of a new coalition government instead tho

his allies in the region his 1st since getting reelected modi is the 1st foreign leader to visit colombo since the easter sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people there's been increasing political tensions in sri lanka just months ahead of the presidential election the indian prime minister went to one of the sites where the bombings took place in sri lanka in the interim ot pay tribute to those killed at the st anthony's shrine during the easter sunday attacks modi tweeted his solidarity saying he has confidence re lankans will rise again our correspondent for nando's has more.

easter sunday attacks mender says he resigned in el finance as has more on these developments from colombo. present mighty policy recently livid at the proceedings at the special parliamentary select committee on the easter sunday bombings on the very 1st day he ordered a halt to the live feed from that parliamentary select committee and that is where his chief of national intelligence is or mendis a gave testimony we had him say that the national security council had met on a regular basis essentially revealing the kind of lackadaisical attitude to its intelligence to its intelligence sharing and things like that now he told his senior police officers when he met them last evening that all those who had given evidence were those who had been removed and there he revealed that even his chief of the national intelligence had been removed or sacked now here's his reason why moammar marble i will not send anyone who is currently working for the defense ministry or police department before the select committee and i will take primary responsibility because revealing intelligence chiefs intelli

allegations they deny 258 people were killed but often and it says more from the sri lankan capital colombo the fine standard death launched by the venerable after the leave after necessary or was very much in frasier in the president and the government essentially to remove 3 key figures the minister of trade and commerce as well as 2 governors of that who is serving in the eastern province as well as a province of the governor in the western province all of these 3 muslims and these nationalists sort of can't be in the buddhist monk. and those who supported him said that all of these 3 figures had been associated with the terrorist the deed basically accused them of being involved with extremism and having helped or aided in terms of extremism that ultimately led to the easter sunday carnage now since then we've had the collective resignation by all muslim ministers deputy ministers and state minister serving in government the have basically taken this decision because they see that the culture of impunity deep with relation to hate speech against the muslim community has reached a level

coordinated attacks in april which are blamed on a group lengths to eisele an al francis has more from colombo. the 3rd day of the special parliamentary select committee on the easter sunday bombings has been hearing from the police chief inspector general. for the last couple of ours he has been coming out with some interesting information we've heard about the timeline leading up to that easter sunday carnage now there are things that beggar believe familiar centrally intelligence warnings repeated intelligence warnings that kind of knowledge of something impending something big about to happen that the security the intelligence arms knowing it but not doing anything about it the police chief said the director of the state intelligence had called in the night before these to sunday bombings to say something dangerous could happen tomorrow he called again on easter sunday morning saying something dangerous is about to happen the question is now what exactly was done about these things we also had the police chief talking about all the information that was available he's also basically told th