well, indeed, that is why we're here at the church of saint eustache, a kilometre from notre dame.ine of many hundreds of people just behind us. many have had to be turned away because it does not have the capacity of notre dame, it is standing room only. the mass is now under way. we were talking to people in the queue as they moved up towards the door. 0bviously what is happening here today is overshadowed by what is happening in sri lanka, use of that was just breaking for people. their thoughts are with the people. their thoughts are with the people in sri lanka. many readers speaking about the need to protect religious choices of people, whatever religion they are part of. —— many leaders. what is the sphere —like in paris so soon after that? well, among the christians, there is a strange feeling, it is a special easter, no question about that. spiritually for observant christians, notre dame was their home. countless people have been saying how they feel a sense of deep loss because the cathedral was a place they would go for moments of introspection, sadness and grief or the

the main easter celebrations in paris will be held at the church of saint eustache following monday's devastating fire at notre dame cathedral. nhs england says deaf children, who can't use standard hearing aids or implants, will be offered cutting—edge brain surgery to help them hear. emergency crews have been tackling a large wildfire which broke out on ilkley moor in west yorkshire as the hot weather continues. in boxing — britain's amir khan lost the wbo welterweight champion to terence crawford, at madison square garden in new york last night. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this mornings reviewers are james millar and lainy malkani. good morning.

the main easter celebrations in paris will be held at the church of saint eustache following monday's devastating fire at notre dame cathedral. nhs england says deaf children, who can't use standard hearing aids or implants, will be offered cutting—edge brain surgery to help them hear. emergency crews have been tackling a large wildfire which broke out on ilkley moor in west yorkshire as the hot weather continues. in boxing — britain's amir khan lost the wbo welterweight champion to terence crawford, at madison square garden in new york last night. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this mornings reviewers are james millar and lainy malkani. good morning. more than 150 people are reported to have been killed and hundreds more injured in a series of explosions in sri lanka. at least six blasts have been reported, at three churches and three five—star hotels. one of the churches and the three hotels that were attacked are in the biggest city, colombo. the other churches are in negombo and the easten city of battacloa. people were attending easter sunday mass in th

the main easter celebrations in paris will be held at the church of saint eustache following monday's devastating fire at notre dame cathedral. nhs england says deaf children, who can't use standard hearing aids or implants, will be offered cutting—edge brain surgery to help them hear. emergency crews have been tackling

which would have taken place at notre dame cathedral, will instead be held at the church of saint—eustachetinue the task of making the cathedral safe following monday's fire. last night, french television put on a concert of music to raise funds for the renovation. almost £1 billion has been raised so far. hugh schofield is in paris for us this morning. good morning. a gorgeous sunny morning there but the ruins of notre dame. they are very much in the hearts of people in france? yes, absolutely. and she said, the main easter service which would have taken easter service which would have ta ken place easter service which would have taken place there has been relocated to this church on the north back of the river stand. not far away from notre dame. there will be large crowds gathering in an error to further service which will be presided over by the archbishop of paris where the choir of notre dame will be singing. what has been detectable for me over the last couple of days, moving among the congregation at the various easter services is how christians in paris, far from being weighed dow

we move on to france where any moment catholics will hold an easter mass at the saint eustache church. it's standing in for the notre dame church. so far about $1 billion has been donated, pledged to rebuild that cathedral, but a benefit concert also thoeld remember that wonderful building to raise more money for it. those donations have angered yellow vest protesters. some demonstrators clashed with police on saturday and set fire to parts of paris. cnn's melissa bell is live in paris. we understand service is just getting started there. certainly a different venue other than notre dame. >> reporter: that's right, george. this is, of course, traditional easter sunday service. normally housed in notre dame, as you say, one of the most important in the catholic calendar. clearly because the cathedral remains closed, the investigation is ongoing, and there is so much work to do before it will be able to be open to the failtful again, it is here instead at saint eust h eustache. all of the faithful that could get in are now inside because the mass is getting underway. tourist t tourists

eustache for the very firefighters who saved their cathedral. >> the acoustic sounds kind of notre dameike, but nothing sounds for me like notre dame. >> reporter: now the choir hopes to turn tragedy into opportunity to take notre dame's music to the world. >> i hope we get to travel maybe to america. it would be lovely. ♪ >> reporter: matt bradley, nbc news, paris. >> now that is resilience. and that is "nbc nightly news" for this easter and passover sunday. lester holt will be in tomorrow. we leave you with more now from notre dame's choir. i'm kristen welker. for all of us here at nbc news, have a good night. ♪ the news at six starts right now. good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m anoushah rasta. i >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us. >> the bay area is reacting to easter sunday services that turned deadly. told you about the violence in sri lanka last night at 11:00. bombings have killed more than 200 people. some of them americans. the blasts were directed at churchesed es and hotels. the government is blaming it on terrorists. seven suspects are in

which would have taken place at notre—dame cathedral, will instead be held at the church of saint eustacheaking the cathedral safe following monday's fire. last night french television put on a concert of music to raise funds for the renovation. almost a billion pounds has been raised so far. hugh schofield is in paris for us this morning. people are really interested in the renovation, and obviously notre—dame is so iconic, but there is some controversy about this almost £1 billion that has been raised. there is in some quarters. yesterday you we re is in some quarters. yesterday you were referring to earlier in the programme the yellow vests movement and once again in paris, and some more violent scenes not far from here. there are parts of the yellow vests movement, the far left of it, who are drawing a contrast between the money that seems to be so readily available to renovate notre—dame, and what they see as the continuing poverty and the crying need of parts of french society. i think one can probably exaggerate this. most people feel that notre—dame is a cause were contributing to.

and in paris, worshippers were invited to attend mass at saint—eustache church, on the other side ofirefighters from notre—dame — a sober moment on what is normally a joyous day in the christian calendar. martin bashir, bbc news. in ukraine, the current president, petro poroshenko, has conceded defeat to his rival, the comedian volodymyr zelensky. exit polls suggest mr zelensky, with no prior experience of politics, has won a landslide victory. he stars in a ukrainian tv show as a fictional president and is said to have won the presidential election with nearly three—quarters of the vote. there's disagreement amongst climate change protesters this evening over whether to pause the protests which have been going on in central london for a week. this morning, one organiser said they were considering a change in tactics, moving towards negotiation, but by this afternoon others insisted the direct—action protest would go on. more than 830 people have been arrested. our correspondent jon donnison has more. for a seventh day, climate change protesters were making noise on the streets of lo

and in paris, worshippers were invited to attend mass at saint—eustache church, on the other side ofng the service, archbishop michel aupetit handed over a bible rescued by firefighters from notre—dame — a sober moment on what is normally a joyous day in the christian calendar. martin bashir, bbc news. let's look at some of the day's other news. in ukraine, president petro poroshenko has conceded victory to his rival, the comedian volodymyr zelensky. exit polls suggest mr zelensky, with no previous experience of politics, has won a landslide majority. he stars in a ukrainian television show as a fictional president and is said to have won the presidential election with nearly three—quarters of the vote. this report from jonah fisher contains some flash photography. the latest episode of the volodymyr zelensky show started at the polling station. are you ready to be president? i don't know, the people will decide it in the evening. i'm ready. he doesn't, however, have any political experience, or, judging by his election campaign, that many ideas. the choice ukraine must make today is

and in paris, worshippers were invited to attend mass at saint—eustache church, on the other side ofaupetit handed over a bible rescued by firefighters from notre—dame — a sober moment on what is normally a joyous day in the christian calendar. martin bashir, bbc news. the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg has addressed climate change protestors in london tonight. she told the audience they were making a difference. extinction rebellion, the group behind the week long demonstrations are meeting tomorrow to discuss the next steps of their protest with some debate about whether to pause their direct action, as our correspondent jon donnison reports. for a seventh day, climate change protesters were making noise on the streets of london. some dressed for the weather, others not so much. the people that are standing here today and that have been here for the last seven days, have been amazing, and without people standing up and speaking up louder and shouting, no one will listen. 0n waterloo bridge, there were more arrests, after demonstrators glued or locked themselves together to

worshippers who would normally go to notre dame for easter gathered instead at the nearby church, st eustachetil notre—dame itself is rebuilt. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. the headlines on bbc news. at least 200 people have been killed in sri lanka after eight explosions at hotels, and churches during easter services. pope francis has condemned the attacks at an easter mass in the vatican, saying he is close to the christians hit by ‘mourning and pain' this easter. 27 foreign nationals are believed to have been killed in the attacks. a global study of stolen passwords has found that the most commonly used was 123456. the national cyber security centre is calling on people to make their passwords more difficult for hackers to guess. our security correspondent gordon corera has more. a password is supposed to keep our information secure, but as we have all had to use more and more passwords, the temptation is to keep them simple. that, though, can be a mistake. a new study which analyses the passwords that have already been stolen shows the risks. the most used password overall is "123166" ,

the main easter celebrations in paris will be held at the church of saint—eustache following monday'stating fire at notre—dame cathedral. deaf children, who can't use standard hearing aids or implants, will be offered cutting—edge brain surgery to help them hear, says nhs england. emergency crews have been tackling a large wildfire which broke out on ilkley moor in west yorkshire as the hot weather continues. millions of people are using easy—to—guess passwords on sensitive accounts, according to a new study by the uk's national cyber security centre. now on bbc news, it's time for the easter edition of weather world. from the effect on plants and trees to bird migration patterns, nick miller and sarah keith—lucas look at how our changing climate is affecting life around us. this time on weather world, we are looking at the impact our warming world is having on the environment around us. i will be discovering the challenges facing migrating birds as the seasons follow increasingly unfamiliar patterns. and i'm investigating how our changing climate is affecting plants and trees. and fi

not at notre—dame, which is still being made safe, but at the nearby church of saint eustache, where00 will hear the choir of notre—dame seeing ina hear the choir of notre—dame seeing in a mass led by the archbishop of paris. if the fire brought a moment of unity for parisien ‘s, it was brief. before last night's concert, 200 people were arrested in the latest round of protests by the so—called yellow vest protesters, angry that people can find millions to restore an ancient cathedral but not, they say, to tackle poverty. the fire in notre—dame is out, but others are lit, and it seems that some people of paris have more hope than others. if your password is "123456", then you are among more than 23 million people. that's according to a study published today by britian‘s cyber security watchdog. the national cyber security centre says people should make it harder for hackers to access their data by using three random but memorable words. 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, has more. a password is supposed to keep our information secure, but as we have all had to use more and mo

worshippers who would normally go to notre dame for easter gathered instead at the nearby church, st eustachee—dame itself is rebuilt. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. the headlines on bbc news. at least 200 people have been killed in sri lanka after eight explosions at hotels, and churches during easter services. 27 foreign nationals are believed to have been killed, police have arrested seven people in connection with the attacks. the queen has attended an easter service at windsor castle on her 93rd birthday. a crowd sang "happy birthday" as she left st george's chapel. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's karthi. good afternoon. manchester united have had a day their fans will want to forget quickly after they were completely outclassed by everton who claimed a 4—0 win at goodison park. the home side were 2—0 up inside half an hour and then lucas digne made it three in the second half. theo walcott rounded off the scoring less than ten minutes later as united lose for the sixth time in eight games and they are real danger of not finishing in the top four this se

and in paris, worshippers were invited to attend mass at saint—eustache church, on the other side ofl aupetit handed over a bible rescued by firefighters from notre—dame — a sober moment on what is normally a joyous day in the christian calendar. modern bushehr, bbc news. there's disagreement amongst climate change protesters this evening — over whether to pause the protests — which have been going on in central london for a week. this morning one organiser said they were considering a change in tactic — moving towards negotiation — but by this afternoon others insisted the direct action protest would go on. more than 830 people have been arrested. our correspondent jon donnison has more. for a seventh day, climate change protesters were making noise on the streets of london. some dressed for the weather, others not so much. all week, the atmosphere has been remarkably good—natu red. the people that are standing here today and that have been here for seven days are amazing, and without people standing up and speaking out loud and shouting, nobody will listen. on waterloo bridge, ther

monday's fire at notre dame, today's easter celebrations in paris have moved to the church of saint eustachep, from the bbc sport centre with 0lly. amir khan lost his world title fight against terence crawford in new york earlier this morning but there was a controversial end to the bout at madison square garden. khan was being outclassed by the wbo welterweight champion and was knocked down in the first round. but he was then caught by an accidental low—blow, below the belt, in the sixth round. khan said he was in too much pain to carry on and crawford, who was ahead on all the judges scorecards, retains his crown. i've never put anything, i'd rather be knocked out than quit a fight. it's just never been in be knocked out than quit a fight. it'sjust never been in me be knocked out than quit a fight. it's just never been in me to quit. 0bviously, it's just never been in me to quit. obviously, i was hit by a low shot, i couldn't recover from obviously, i was hit by a low shot, i couldn't recoverfrom it, that's the reason of the fight was called off. i try to continue but it was getting worse

worshippers who would normally go to notre dame for easter gathered instead at the nearby church, st eustachetil notre—dame itself is rebuilt. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. the headlines on bbc news. at least 200 people have been killed in sri lanka after eight explosions at hotels, and churches during easter services. 27 foreign nationals are believed to have been killed, police have arrested seven people have been arrested in connection with the attacks. the queen has attended an easter service that coincides with her 93rd birthday. the crowd sang happy birthday. the crowd sang happy birthday as she left. sport and it is turning into a very bad day for manchester united, everton a re bad day for manchester united, everton are 4—0 up with only a few minutes remaining. united will miss out on a chance to move back into the top four. konta has given britain a 2—0 lead. britain will win the tie if katie boulton wins her tie next. and at the crucible in sheffield, the former champion shaun murphy as two frames up, live on bbc two for you at the moment. more on around an hour's time. police say

the main easter celebrations in paris will be held at the church of saint eustache following monday'sting fire at notre—dame cathedral. deaf children, who can't use standard hearing aids or implants, will be offered cutting—edge brain surgery to help them hear, says nhs england. now on bbc news dateline london, hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week, it's easter weekend for two billion christians — the world's biggest group of religious believers. in the early 21st century, our world is becoming more religious, not less. muslims are not far behind christians in numbers. in third place come more than a billion hindus. then buddhists at about half a billion, with folk religionsjust behind, and smaller groups including sikhs and jews bringing up the rear. surveys suggest more than 84% of all humans identify with a religious group. so in today's programme, we focus on how religion impacts our world. my guests — catherine pepinster, former editor of catholic weekly newspaper, the tablet. african affairs analyst dr vincent magombe, nesrine malik, of the guardian

the main easter celebrations in paris will be held at the church of saint—eustache following monday'sre—dame cathedral. nhs england says deaf children, who can't use standard hearing aids or implants, will be offered cutting—edge brain surgery to help them hear. emergency crews have been tackling a large wildfire which broke out on ilkley moor in west yorkshire as the hot weather continues. before the papers, sport — a full round up from the bbc sport centre. amir khan lost his world title fight against terence crawford in new york earlier this morning but there was a controversial end to the bout at madison square garden. khan was being outclassed by the wbo welterweight champion and was knocked down in the first round. he was then caught by an accidental low blow, well below the belt, in the sixth round. khan said he was in too much pain to carry on and crawford, who was ahead on all the judges' scorecards, retains his crown. i have never quite anything, i would rather honestly be knocked out dan quite a fight. it is not in me to quite a fight. it is not in me to quit —— knocked out

eustache church in paris.prayers that notre dame cathedral will rise again, and with gratitude for the firefighters who risked their lives to save it. ( bell tolls ) as worshipers lined up outside, winnie nicolas, a new yorker living in switzerland, told us she had hoped to celebrate easter at notre dame instead. >> it is really sad that we can't go to notre dame because every time i come to paris, i visit notre dame, yeah. >> reporter: the cause of monday night's fire still isn't clear, though french authorities believe it was likely an accident. france's culture minister says crews have stabilized almost all of the cathedral, though they are still removing rubble from the roof. before the fire, notre dame was one of the most visited sites in france, not only by catholics, but by tourists from around the world. judging by these crowds, it hasn't lost its appeal. lisan bahr and lukas stuerze traveled to paris from germany avth plans to visit notre dame. >> we thought we would come to see the current status. >>

worshippers who would normally go to notre dame for easter gathered instead at the nearby church, st eustacheuntil notre—dame itself is rebuilt. the headlines on bbc news... at least 200 people have been killed in sri lanka after eight explosions at hotels, and churches during easter services. 27 foreign nationals are believed to have been killed and five britons are among the dead. the queen has attended an easter service at windsor castle on her 93rd birthday. a crowd sang "happy birthday" as she left st george's chapel. police say they've now arrested more than 830 people protesting in london over climate change. the protest, organised by the group extinction rebellion, is now in its seventh day. hundreds of extra officers have been drafted in to monitor protestors on waterloo bridge, parliament square, and the main demonstration site in oxford circus — which has now been cleared. simonjones in at marble arch, the officialy designated protest site for the group. the question simon is what happens next was mike it has been an effective protest in terms of getting attention onto the subject