just summarize for us if you could your main concerns about what you've seen and heard in sri lanka. good afternoon my main concerns have been the persistent failure by the police and other parties to protect communities exposed to hate crimes and also the failure it appears to to to hold to to hold to hold accountable those who perpetrated these crimes and the growing divide in the country based on long term policies of educational segregation that have led to a committed to a community that can be seen repeated ised in many ways the predications of organized targeting of some communities in sri lanka did you see any evidence or find any evidence of that. well i visited many of the places that were the targets of such attacks and spoke to many of those who were targeted and there's a pattern in many of them talk about what they believe to be a pre-planned pretty good premeditated attack by design that seem to that seem to sort of focus on these communities so the sense of the people is that you know they are been subjected to attacks by by design and this is a real force but the fac

a routine day for mohammed who owns a hardware shop in western sri lanka. says the majority single is lists are not buying from them own businesses and parts of sri la nka own businesses and parts of sri lanka since april. the informal boycott has devastated muslim traders like mohammed. translation: since the easter sunday bombings, almost 90% of my single is customers have stopped buying from a shop. my business has gone down significantly and i have lost hundreds of thousands of rupees. though some customers have started coming back, it is not enough. if this trend continues, then i am in big trouble. the bombings carried out by militants linked to local islamist groups ripped families apart. in the wake of the attacks, the entire was the community seems to be facing retaliation. business is the backbone of the muslim community here in sri lanka. but argued here, if the majority single is buddhist people are not going to buy items from shops like this one, thatis buy items from shops like this one, that is going to have a negative impact. they argue there

business is the backbone of the muslim community here in sri lanka.nhalese buddhist people are not going to buy items from shops like this one, that is going to have a negative impact in the long—run. they argue that there is a political motive behind this informal boycott. there were also attacks on muslim—owned properties in recent months. some hard—line buddhist monks are blamed for triggering anti—muslim sentiments. translation: no organisation has asked people not to buy from muslim shops. people are doing it on their own. we have nothing to do with it. muslim community will have to discuss among themselves and find answers. we don't say that all the muslims are involved in violence, but muslim businessmen should find out those who are supporting hardline islam and expose them. but, muslim leaders disagree with the monk gnanasara. he must stop pontificating to us. he must turn the searchlight inwards. and we are quite prepared to engage in a serious introspection when it comes to where things went wrong in our community and we're doing it substan

at sri lanka as a kind of role model. so the full power doesn't exist anymore you know that initial gong so they have to find something. and they say that the same thing for them in the military they need any means to justify their big budget cinema and their existence. there is the love evidence that made public that the military was supporting them about the them and the other is flush with cash but lots of money. who were to loot is also because adding $0.05 for the budgets they say that you have to prepare yourself for the next elections. so in 2015 there where i think any backing this set and candidates for election i think they will do the same thing in 2020 but on the biggest cayle. i really doubt any. doubt any. do the next time. i am. even. though i don't like. this call stop result i got was not possible. we fall river roya and good on the 7th because of software revolution against a military system everybody one the freedom everybody round in my right everybody want democracy. one day the military army come and

sri lanka now asking then it termed.. williamson moments later they —— face the same fate. three down and time to calm down. new zealand settling on once more. henry nicholls providing stability and at the other end, ross taylor, taking control and taking his score past half—century. 100 stand brought to a close as another break approached. as they had before lunch, so to before tea, new zealand fell apart. first nicholls and bj watling. all five wickets for him. taylor providing the balance with the bat but as he approached his century, the weather was turning as well, an early end to the day and unclear whose day davis really was. in the third and final one—day international, the west indies won the toss and elected to bat. chris gale got 72 including five sixes as the home side reach 240. rain affected innings that saw 35 overs faced. in response, vera colley‘s masterful innings. his 43rd odi century. 2—0 series win. tiger woods says he's "ready to play golf again" — and looking forward to the bmw championship which g

he and angelo mathews will start the 2nd day with sri lanka 85/2.vented a full day's play on the opening day of the ist test between west indies and india in antigua. india batted first after west indies won the toss, and the tourists were soon in trouble on 25/3. among the early wickets to fall, virat kohli, who was caught by sharmarh brooks, off the bowing of shannon gabriel forjust 9. ajinkya rahane led the fightback, with useful contributions from rahul, vihari and pant. rahane top—scored with 81 before he was bowled by gabriel. india 203/6 when rain stoped play. golf, and there's a three—way tie for the lead after the ist round of the tour championship in atlanta, even though all three players carded different scores in their opening rounds at east lake. it's the final event of the season on the pga tour — and the 30 players in the field were given "bonus strokes", based on their position in the fedex cup points table. xander schauffele shot the low round of the day — a 6—under—par 64. he started the tournament with a four—shot bonus, so that m

in reply, bangladesh were all out for 172, as sri lanka won by 122 runs with 14 overs to spare.series 3—0, and it is their first series win at home for nearly four years. elsewhere, england's women beat australia in the third and final t20 international in bristol. they won by 17 runs to claim a consolation victory in their multi—format ashes series, which australia won by i2—a. the fifth and final women's golf major of the year, the british open, gets underway on thursday at woburn, in england. the field includes 19 of the world's top 20 players, among them ko jin—young. she won last week's evian championship, but can she sustain that momentum and claim her third major of the year? ben croucher reports. for a sport that is normally played ata for a sport that is normally played at a leisurely pace, everything has got a little frenetic in the last fortnight. time waits for nobody. four days on from lifting her second major in france, kojin—young is preparing for the next, having barely had a chance to celebrate sunday's achievement.” barely had a chance to celebrate sunday's ach

i spoke to mr shahid after delivering his assessment in colombo sri lanka has made moves in the right direction but discrimination is still common. i think the situation requires a long term strategy and some immediate steps as well the immediate steps required include again enforcing the law on everybody equally ensuring that perpetrate doesn't buy that as a whole to hold to account but the long term they do with a discourse on that issue of inclusion rather than focusing on and at the north national identity they were the inclusive identities and then sure enough and i'm sure that all communities feel the equally part of the part of sri lanka the same time also addressing intra community tensions which seem to also play a part in some of these issues including there's extremism in some communities and the failure for the state again to protect everybody in these communities as well so all of all the larger picture is political leaders being able to hold people to account and they will.

to sri lanka now, where the main opposition party's choice of candidate for this year's presidentialed by the sri lanka people's front on sunday despite having been accused of human rights abuses during his time as defence chief during the civil conflict against the tamil tigers. the long wait is over. gotabhaya raja pa ksa the long wait is over. gotabhaya rajapa ksa is a the long wait is over. gotabhaya rajapaksa is a controversialfigure. he served as defence secretary while his brother was president between 2005 and 2015. the un says thousands of people were killed during a three decade civil war. some of those killed during the conflict were journalists who were critics of the then government. in one of the cases, a well—known editor was murdered in colombo in 2009. his family and other rights abuse victims have filed lawsuits against mr gotabhaya rajapa ksa in victims have filed lawsuits against mr gotabhaya rajapaksa in a us court. mr rajapa ksa, mr gotabhaya rajapaksa in a us court. mr rajapaksa, a dual citizen at the time of the alleged incident has since rescinded his us citi

rajapaksa oversaw the defense machine in sri lanka he was a former military man he had left the country during the war spent over a decade outside the country but came back with his brother took over as president and basically had to free him in prosecuting that war the difference was that he didn't have the kind of restrictions politically and you know in other spheres he could basically have a free reign he put in he's planned he's considered a good administrator i've now there have been accusations that the sri lankan military had sort of committed human rights abuses basically that war crimes were conducted during the war v.c. both sides would refuse to vote up or shadows following go top in rajapaksa but right now in terms of his sort of followers it's all about he being able to bring sri lanka back on track the u.n. secretary general has confirmed a car bomb attack has killed 3 u.n. employees in libya the explosion in the eastern city of benghazi happened moments before a u.n. convoy passed through the area the u.n. security council has meant to discuss that attack and the latest

mistreatment by law enforcement i spoke to mr shahid after delivering his assessment in colombo sri lanka has made moves in the right direction but discrimination is still common. i think the situation requires a long term strategy and some immediate steps as well the immediate steps required include again enforcing the law on everybody equally ensuring that perpetrate doesn't buy that as a whole to hold to account but the long term they do with a discourse on that issue of inclusion rather than focusing on and at the north national identity they were the inclusive identities and then sure enough and ensure that all communities feel the equally part of the part of sri lanka the same time also addressing intra community tensions which we seem to also play a part in some of these issues including there's extremism in some communities and the failure for the state again to protect everybody in these communities as well so all of all the larger picture is political leaders being able to hold people to account when they're out there while the laws have policies that are inclusive and engage wi

. >> reporter: the remote island nation of sri lanka is a picture book paradise.defy gravity, waiting for a bite. while herds of elephants cool off under the hot island sun. but we've come all this way in search of different beasts that roam just off the coast. the indian ocean is home to one of the most diverse whale populations in the world, as many as 18 species live here. and no one can get you closer to these animals than american wildlife photographer patrick dykstra. >> every time i have an encounter, i just catch my breath and think this is so spectacular. >> reporter: the denver native has spent the last decade traveling the world, documenting whales. from the cold waters of norway to the warm waters of the caribbean. >> he's turning just to the right. >> reporter: but it's here in sri lanka dykstra found an ocean unlike any other. why did you choose this country? >> well, the data that was coming out of sri lanka was really strong enough for me to want to come here and explore. >> reporter: at one point, local whales were nearly hunted to extinction, unt

the un's investigator on religious freedom has released his assessment of sectarian tension in sri lanka relations between muslims and buddhists have been strained since the easter bombing attacks by muslims muslim fighters i'm sorry or muslim ministers have since been forced out from sri lanka's government un special rapporteur ahmed shah heed says the government failed to protect against hate crimes and allowed mistreatment by board forces we spoke to the special ruppert's earlier he says that sri lanka has made moves in the right direction but the discrimination is still common. i think it's too much and requires a long term strategy and some immediate steps as well the immediate steps required include again enforcing the law on everybody equally ensuring that perpetrate doesn't buy that as a whole to hold to account but the long term will develop a discourse a narrative of inclusion rather than focusing on and at the not national identity they were the inclusive identities and then sure in and ensure that all communities feel the equally part of part of sri lanka the same time as add

cricketer and the 1st test between sri lanka and use in india is in the balance of following day 3 in goal the day began with sri lanka 122-7470 replied to new zealand 1st innings of 249 the home side were eventually bowled out for 267 the sri lankan spinners then to control to leave the kiwis or 98 for 5 but then an unbeaten 63 from what links steadied things of for the black caps new zealand and in the day on 195 with 7 that in need of 177 with 3 wickets remaining. on day 3 of the 2nd ashes test was heavily disrupted by rain england did manage to come back a little after being up bowled out for 258 on day 2 resuming on 341 australia were 844 before rain stopped play day one had already been a washout the aussies lead the series one nothing. we're pretty positive we'd need to call it straight out by lunch i think tomorrow i mean it's 90 overs for the next 2 days in. which for both teams has been enough to bowl each other how isn't it. there is certainly hope for both sides because that could be quite an interesting intriguing game left in this test match with that we've lost so much

aware of such concerns telling the party convention on sunday that the diversity of communities in sri lanka is its strength. it's taken one term for sri lankans who voted and rajapaksa president out of office to look at his brother as a potential leader. the reason according to one political commentator lies with the current government which is not fulfill people's expectations their fear of the pick of perry mun has piers. and. you know that you know politicos. are in the. presidential elections must be hailed by december 8th. those campaigning to go to a bare rajapaksa say he's a terminator and will stamp out corruption and fraud but won't be an authoritarian leader that's something voters will have to decide whether to believe or not when they choose then express didn't mean. just 0 colomba. storms and severe flooding have calls widespread destruction across parts of asia $44.00 people were killed in china after typhoon lekima hit while monsoon rains in pakistan and india have killed at least $160.00 and displaced hundreds of thousands for a challenge reports. china has already seen 9 ty

the article gave an example from sri lanka to illustrate the very real risks of taking o on debt fromna. the port of hambatota was constructed at a cost of $1.5 billion, most of it funded by a loan from china. however, sri lanka, struggling to repay the loan, later handed 70% of the shares in the port to the chinese operators. the article pointed out that beijing now exercises de facto sovereign control over the strategic facility. aware of these risks, the aung san suu kyi government began discussions with china. it wanted to revise the scope and investment terms of the zhao interview project. but the talks scan stalled. it was around this time a serious situation erupted in rakhine state. in august 2017, extremists from the minority rohingya, a muslim group, attacked a police facility. myanmar's security forces responded with a brutal campaign aimed at driving rohingya out of the country. 700,000 people fled across the border into neighboring bangladesh. aung san suu kyi w was harshly criticized by the international community for failing to rein in the security forces. >> it is risk

on to cricket, and new zealand thrashed sri lanka in the second and final test in colombo.e were bowled out forjust 122 in their second innings, as new zealand won by an innings and 65 runs to ensure the series ended in a draw. betty glover retalks. —— reports. bj watling, who was 81 not out overnight carried on the way he left off in overnight carried on the way he left offina overnight carried on the way he left off in a bid to bat sri lanka out of the match. he went on to join tom latham who reached three figures. tim southey helped nudge the scores to 431 46 before the expect did declaration came —— for six. they never recovered from a joyful start, in which deren was run out for zero and another, second duck. a patient and another, second duck. a patient and well constructed half—century, but his dismissal delayed the inevitable. the home side bundled out for 122 as the year was won by an innings and 65 runs, leaving the two captains to share the trophy. —— as the kiwis. nicholas roche remains in the red leader'sjersey heading into tuesday's flat 175 and a half km four

aware of such concerns telling the party convention on sunday that the diversity of communities in sri lanka is its strength. it's taken one term for sri lankans who voted rajapaksa president out of office to look at his brother as a potential leader. the reason according to one political commentator lies with the current government which is not fulfilled people's expectations the fear of that democracy of perry mun have for one month appears careful and a competent mockery of north america for whatever i get up in the rear possibly fight. back you know a political return to being more up in the field can fight the presidential elections must be hailed by december 8th. those campaigning for go tarbell rajapaksa say he's a terminator and will stamp out corruption and fraud but won't be an authoritarian leader that's something sri lankan voters will have to decide whether to believe or not when they choose then express didn't mean open ended just 0 colombo storms and severe flooding have caused widespread destruction across parts of asia 44 people were killed in china after typhoon the kima hi

still ahead on the program sri lanka rediscover their groove after a disappointing world cup. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. again now with. a thank you so much the 29000 ashes starts on thursday england will host australia in the beginning and birmingham earlier both captains face the media with the trophy this will be joe root 2nd ashes series as england skipper while tim payne is making his debut as an ashes captain says the words a former u.k. prime minister had been motivating his team in recent weeks. ago as i understand what's expected of them a role models you know not just for good all around the world and. you know there's been a quite. this week from winston churchill actually and that's that behavior doesn't want to we can talk a lot about how we're going to behave ultimately you go as we say how we behave and you have to judge for yourself. cricket in this country is probably an all time high it's probably got interest it's not hard for a long time and

sri lanka's governing alliance has a formidable task in challenging mr raja pa ksa.o goes by the nickname of the ‘asian ice man'. why? because he loves to immerse himself in ice and sub—zero conditions, to practise meditation. his lifestyle has taken him to the arctic — but it poses a bit of a problem at home in his native kuala lumpur. here's his story. exhales. so it is important to stay in control. learn to accept the cold. ifeel so refreshed and energetic. screams. my name is alan tong, better known as the asian iceman. when i was in the arctic wilderness the connection with nature is irreplaceable. the energy there is completely different — so pure and so awakening. i guess we live in a tropical country so we don't have the cold we need. so hence i order the ice from the ice man. and in so though, we would have 120 kilos of ice inside and the temperature of the water would go down to about zero, maybe —1. the first 23 seconds would be the most difficult. you might want to run out, jump out, just scream and so on. it is very likely that you'd feel this sharpness,

in yemen i'll look at sri lanka as a kind of robot. doesn't exist anymore you know the dish are gong so they have to find something. and. they say that the same thing for the ministry they need evidence to justify their big budgets and their existence. is the law of evidence that made public that the military was supporting them about them. and the law is flush with cash but lots of money. we are doing is also because adding funds for which the budgets say that you have to prepare yourself for the next elections. so in 2015 there where i simply backing this certain candidates for election i think they will do the same thing in 2020 but on the biggest cayle. that any. not only do then not. even. then i. call stop results i got was not possible. we fall river right on the field on the 7th because all its awful revolution against a military system everybody won the freedom everybody round in my right everybody want democracy. one day the military army come and shoot a lot of people on the street i visit scary we go i never saw the we kill

elsewhere, sri lanka's cricketers have the upper hand in the first test against new zealand in galle.n day two, they'll start day three just 22 runs behind with three wickets in hand. colm harrison reports. the black caps started the second day on 203—5 with ross taylor 86 not out, but he failed to add to his overnight score and that sparked a new zealand collapse. tim southey did his best to keep the innings ticking along, the tourists were all out for 249. lakmal and dry taking nine wickets between them stop in reply, sri lanka laboured to 66—2 before half centuries from angelo mathews and mendis gave the innings much—needed momentum. both finally perished to patel, though, and he ended the day with 5—76, his second 5—wicket haul in just six test matches. dickwella and ajmal edged the side towards the new zealand first—innings total and they will start day 323 runs —— day three just 26 runs behind with three wickets remaining. american duo justin thomas and jason kokrak are the joint—leaders after the first round of the bmw championship in medinah. they're both 7—under—par, one shot

of overseeing atrocities during sri lanka's decades long civil war. more from colombo . ending months of speculation the former defense secretary has been. as the presidential candidate of the lines. is basically gathering here today but he has proved by actions rather than words that he is capable of taking on the challenge. today what is needed for this country is leadership with a vision for the future someone who has a plan for development someone who can implement those changes have a principled on corrupt political leadership. those who believe in. the same as he has. for the party with those who have misgivings misgivings. with all the allegations against him. become this country's leader a decision at the pose in a few months time. and secretary general has condemned a car bomb attack that killed 3 united nations employees in libya the explosion in the eastern city of benghazi happened moments before u.n. convoy passed through the area the u.n. security council has met to discuss the attack and the latest developments in libya . since that att

un's investigator on religious freedom has just released his assessment of sectarian tension in sri lanka relations between muslims and buddhists have been strained since the easter bombing attacks committed by muslims all muslim ministers have since been forced out of sri lanka's government the un's special rapporteur on a chat he says the government failed to protect against hate crimes and allowed mistreatment by more forceful we spoke to mr shahid after he delivered his assessment in colombo he says that sri lanka has made moves in the right direction but that discrimination is still common. i think of situation requires a long term strategy and some immediate steps as well the immediate steps required include again enforcing the law on everybody equally ensuring that perpetrate doesn't buy that as a whole to hold to account but the long term will develop a discourse a narrative of inclusion rather than focusing on and at the not national identity they were the inclusive identities and then sure enough and ensure that all communities feel the equally part of part of sri lanka the same

four months after the devastating bombings, sri lanka is still looking for answers. is little help from the prime minister. he said his security personnel has no knowledge of any warning. >> i questioned them. there is nomuch -- such information. wickremesinghe appeared before thecommittee investigating easter bombing. coordinated suicide bombers struck three churches and three hotels on easter sunday. killing more than 250 people and leaving hundreds more injured. a local extremist group supporting isil was blamed. investigators uncovered plans to carry out further attacks. after weeks of testimony from law enforcement, defense, and political representatives, one thing has become clear. a catalog of serious intelligence failings combined combined withn -- bribery between agencies resulted in one of the worst terrorist attacks. also the follow between the president and prime minister. the pair have been at loggerheads since the president tried to get rid of the premier in 2018 and failed. >> the relationship has not been as coordinated as before and this is why i tho

you mentioned sri lanka. today here, we have sent a very strong call to the international community. it can be done. wewe are not only 900 religious leaders, but leaders and religious people for peace. we want to live in harmony and cooperation. we are going to establish a new positive agenda. it is nonot only to coexist, to tolerate because we have noo other way to live together, but now we hahave to go a step furtr anancreate a world they have to respect to understand each other and liveve together. i think the e message that has bebeen heard not only by my frieiend, the president of the republic of germany, , but to al the participants arare very cle, the religioious and cultural elements have to be taken into account if we want to live the 21st century in peace and harmony. sumi:'s tolerance for other faiths something that religious leaders are focusing on enough? >> i think w we have -- it's not enough. i just presented to the secretary-general the action plplan. one of the proposals included in ththe ac

cricketer and the 1st test between sri lanka and new zealand in there is in the balance of following day 3 in goal the day began with sri lanka on 227 for 7 they were applied to new zealand 1st innings of 249 the home side were eventually bowled out for 267 the sri lankan spinners then to control to leave the kiwis or 98 for 5 but then an unbeaten 63 from what links steadied things of for the black caps new zealand and in the day on 195 with 7 that in need of 177 with 3 wickets remaining. on day 3 of the 2nd ashes test was heavily disrupted by rain england did manage to come back a little after being up bowled out for 258 on day 2 resuming on 341 australia were 844 before rain stopped play day one had already been a washout the aussies lead the series one nothing. we're pretty positive we'd need to go straight out by lunch i think tomorrow i mean there's 90 overs for the next 2 days in. which for both teams has been enough to bowl each other how isn't it. there is certainly hope for both sides of the could there could be quite an interesting intriguing gain left in this test match wi

rain also played a large role in colombo on the 1st day of the 2nd test between sri lanka and new zealand william somerville and call and a grand all made breakthroughs for the kiwis but sri lankan captain did most color in iraq was on 49 not out when play was stopped for the day the home team were 85 for 2 and just 36.3 overs were bowled sri lanka lead the series one nil barcelona superstar captain messi is in a race against time to be fit for his club's legal home game against real betis messi has adopted some slightly more unusual training methods this week as he tries to recover from the calf strain he suffered earlier in the month mr barr says opening league match a one nil at last to athletic bilbao but he is back in training now hoping to be fit for the team's 1st match the season at their home ground the no camp. and elect player coach vincent kompany is to focus purely on captaining the club on match days from now on the belgian has lost all 4 of his matches so far in the belgian league but starting with the next match against companies assistant will be responsible for tactical

bachelor's in southeast asian studies with a focus on history and ethnology especially in my native sri lankaand south india . and why in hyderabad like old office never several reasons heidelberg is a lovely town and has a good reputation it's internationally renowned. it's also a very compact town people say heidelberg is actually a village with the university and that pretty much hits the nail on the head off. what is it and it's not only german students here right there from all over the world. but it's all right heidelberg is very international and so is the university we frequently have students from india pakistan bangladesh who start their master's program here we also run a lot of summer and vacation courses. so why is highly back known as the student tell us so i thought i think that has a lot to do with the history heidelberg university was founded in the 3906 and for many decades in the centuries a quarter of heidelberg population was made up of students. so i don't know the and then there's the old town also known as the bar area where lots of students go out to party after they'

cricket and the 1st test between sri lanka and new zealand is in the balance following day 3 in goal the day began it was sri lanka on 227 for 7 in reply to new zealand's 1st innings of 249 home side were eventually bowled out for 267 the sri lankan spin and then it took control to leave the kiwis on 98 for 5 but then an unbeaten 63 if b.j. will think steady this thing's for the black caps in new zealand and in the day on 195 for 7 that's a lead of 177 with 3 wickets remaining. day 3 of the 2nd ashes test was heavily disrupted by rain england did manage to come back a little after being a bowled out for 258 on day 2 resuming on 341 australia were 84 full before rain stopped play. india have reappointed city as their coach the formal role of rhonda was one of 6 applicants including the likes of tom moody and mike hesson there was a speculation that india would look to someone new following their surprise semifinal exit from the world cup. the world paragliding championships are coming to a close in north and macedonia like many sports men and women compete against each other one woman

sri lanka's governing alliance has a formidable task in challenging mr raja pa ksa.agar, is once again under complete lockdown. a curfew, which had been eased for the past two days, has been strictly reimposed for reasons that remain unclear. the region has been violently disputed by india and pakistan since the 19117 partition. the bbc‘s rewind unit takes a look back at the key events in kashmir‘s history. newsreel: the trouble began in early august. there were disturbances in kashmir and the forces of both sides ignored the ceasefire line and crossed into each other‘s territory. neither side has really won the fight but the war has shown just how bitterly divided the two countries are over kashmir and how deep are the divisions between muslims and hindus. newsreel: in divided kashmir, the indian and pakistani armies face each other across the line of control. with this eyeball—to—eyeball confrontation, there is always the chance of an accidental flare—up leading to something much bigger. newsreel: indian artillery pounded the infiltrated hideouts on the peaks. on t

michelle mendis and matthews both getting half centuries and made short work of the bangladesh batsman sri lanka bowling them out for just $172.00. the court of arbitration for sport has overruled a decision to replay the african champions league final the confederation of african football's executive committee ruled the game be played again after the 2nd leg was abandoned to his ears as parents were winning 21 on aggregate when we dads players left the pitch in protest they were upset when a goal of theirs was disallowed and could not be reviewed because bar wasn't working both teams felt they should have been awarded the match and large to peel's to cas football's world governing body fee for an europe's top $4.00 domestically star among those who've signed a joint statement demanding saudi arabia take action against the illegal sports channel be out you know it has been showing live football games despite not having the rights to do so the statement says we the rights holders of the various football competitions collectively condemn in the strongest possible terms the ongoing theft of our int

and bowling coaches and fitness trainer would not extended well pakistan or should you all to play sri lanka in the next test series in october and the sri lankan security delegation is in karate assessing safety sri lanka haven't played a test in pakistan since they team bus was attacked by gunman 10 years ago a number of players were injured and 6 policemen and 2 civilians were killed in the attack. india have completed a 3 no 320 series whitewash over the west indies in guyana after winning the toss india decided to bowl 1st the bowlers enjoyed some early success but then current pollard but 58 or 45 bulls helped to rescue the ne us along with robin powell who made 32 of 20 they added 66 for the 4th week at the home side making 146 the 6 in their 20 overs the windies had india wobbling a 27 for 2 but captain virat kohli scored 59 and resharpened 65 with india reaching their target with 7 wickets in hand and 5 balls to ski. thousands of turned out in the small colombian city of super killer for the homecoming of tour de france champion eggen baird now he became the 1st colombian ever to wi

rein also played a large role in colombo on the 1st day of the 2nd test between sri lanka and new zealand william somerville and call in the granholm made a breakthrough is for the kiwis but sri lankan captain demotes taverner right name was on 49 not out when play was stopped for the day the home team were 85 for 2 and just 36.3 overs were bowled sri lanka heads leads the series one nil. barcelona superstar captain will know messi is in a race against time to be fit for his club's legal home a good home game against real betis messi has adopted some slightly more unusual training methods this week as he tries to recover from the calf strain he suffered from earlier in the month the argentine missed. opening night in league match a one nil loss to athletic bilbao but he is back in training now hoping to be fit for the team's 1st match this season at their home group at the no camp and are like player coach vincent kompany is to focus purely on captaining the club on match days from now on the belgian has lost all 4 of his matches so far in the belgian league but starting with the next mat

look at sri lanka as a kind of role model. so little new power doesn't exist anymore you know the militia are gone so they have to find something. and. they say that the same thing for the new law ministry they need evidence to justify their big budgets and their existence. is the law of evidence that made public that the military was supporting them about them. and the law is flush with cash but lots of money. who would have to lose is also because adding funds for the budgets they say that you have to prepare yourself for the next election. so it really should be in there where i can be backing this certain candidates for election i think they will do the same thing in 2020 but on the biggest cayle. that any i'm not any. 2000 not the. then i. call stall result i got was not possible. all right only good on the 7th because of the software of the aleutian against the military system everybody wonders if everybody around him are right everybody one democrazy. one day the military. should do a lot of people on the street i feel

rain also played a large role in colombo on the 1st day of the 2nd test between sri lanka and new zealand william somerville and call and the grand ole made breakthroughs for the kiwis but sri lankan captain demoted or up nate was on 49 not out when play was stopped for the day the home team were 85 for 2 and just 36.3 overs were bowled sri lanka lead the series one nil barcelona superstar captain messi is in a race against time to be fit for his club's legal home game against real betis messi has adopted some slightly more unusual training methods this week as he tries to recover from the calf strain he suffered earlier in the month the argent time missed him far says opening league match a one nil loss to athletic bilbao but he is back in training now hoping to be fit for the team's 1st match the season at their home ground the no camp. blame player coach vincent kompany is to focus purely on captaining the club on match days from now on the belgian has lost all 4 of his matches so far in the belgian league but starting with the next match against a game companies assistant will be resp

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to sri lanka now — where the main opposition party's choice of candidate for this year's presidentialnt on sunday — despite having been accused of human rights abuses during his time as defence chief during the civil conflict against the tamil tigers. our south asia regional editor anbar—assan ethi—rajan reports... (tx the long wait is over for gotabhaya rajapa ksa — the feared wartime official who is running for the country's top job. mr rajapaksa, a brother of the former president mahinda, is a controversial figure. he served as the defence secretary while his brother was president from 2005 to 2015. the un says tens of thousands of people were killed during the final stages of a nearly three—decade—old civil war. some of those killed during the conflict were journalists who were critics of the then—government. in one of the cases, a well—known editor, lasa ntha wickrematunge, was murdered in colombo in 2009. mr wickrematunge's family and other rights abuse victims have filed lawsuits against mr rajapaksa in a us court. mr rajapaksa, a dual national at the time of the alleged incide

yet just several weeks later on easter sunday terrorists carry out attacks in sri lanka among the targets are christian churches nearly 260 people are killed. churches or other places of worship and not immune from violence on the contrary attacks on religious sites are commonplace all over the world in october 28th teen a gunman killed 11 people during press or to synagogue in pittsburgh pennsylvania it sort terrorists target congregations to kill as many people as possible but killing people at their place of worship also sends another message that religious communities are at risk even when they're in what is supposed to be a place of sanctuary. was. and for more on the story and we can speak to me again on his what are the un high representative for the alliance of civilizations he is participating in the interfaith gathering in lindau mr martinez thank you for joining us now religious intolerance contributes as we saw in our report to a great deal of violence in the world so how can religion be used to bring people together instead. what i think these guys are in india is a stream im

from new zealand to sri lanka to the united states we are witnessing vicious attacks on groups of people by those who insist we are not all equal as human beings that we have no business trying to live together in peace tonight our world is pluralism and those who hate it if angry and on the young men are treating society's values as a bull's eye for target practice who will dare to stand between us and their bullets a prime minister a president who i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. we not only united and how great. but united in our absolute determination to work together to hold the vicious cycle of extremism breeding through the extremists and terrorists come by the same message about hatred but also about the stream right wing of use this is about violence is about tires of it's about crimes. also coming up a message of hope help to people are helping in the fight to save one of the world's biggest reefs one day at a time. well i feel like when i look at it it's like. when they call me and say all right we're going to will do this laughing back here at the corals here whate

cricketing unbeaten opening stand of 133 looks set to give sri lanka victory in the 1st test against new zealand in goal or day 4 began with the black caps resuming at their 2nd innings on 195 for 7 some big hitting up from the lower orders saw them push the score up to 285 all out that said sri lanka difficult victory target of 268 however the sri lankan openness had no problems with the new zealand attack. and did in mining both hitting half centuries as the home side ended the day on 133 for no wicket in just 135 more runs to win. and england are in serious trouble going into the final day of the 2nd ashes test at lord's having bowled australia out for 250 on saturday indian 2nd innings has got off to a terrible start there are 96 for 4 and lead by a 104 runs. lost her chance to regain the number one world ranking after she was knocked out in the cincinnati open semifinals well straining was up against the nets of a bati who would have replaced the ended nominalist the world number one with a victory with stunned by her russian opponent straight sets the win is a big boost for the

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that up there provided the backbone with his 1st century in 23 innings sri lanka storming to a 6 week when the 2nd test starts on thursday in colombo. tennis now in a shock at the cincinnati masters world number one of a joke which was knocked out in the semifinals by daniel medvedev david stokes has story. obs ok daniel medvedev had shot novak djokovic in monte carlo back in april but there seemed little chance of a repeat as djokovic breezed through the opening set taking it 6 games to 3. i the defending champion had dropped a set all week but medvedev decided to go for broke in the 2nd set adding extra spice to his 2nd serves to put just a bit on the back foot and it worked the russian 9th seed squared things up at once set a piece i carried that momentum into the deciding set a joke of it just couldn't find an answer. after getting the break of serve it wasn't too long before match point arrived. which i joked a bitch clearly impressed with medvedev who's now into his 3rd straight a.t.p. final after runner up finishes in washington a montreal i v 2 to the number one to be in the f

sri lanka's governing alliance has a formidable task in challenging mr rajapaksa.sula, as a "blatant violation of ukraine's sovereignty". mr putin, was the guest of honour, of a right—wing nationalist bikers' group. crimea was annexed from ukraine by russia in 2014, violating international law. lots going on in the world of sport and holly has the latest. there was a dream start for manchester united in their first premier league game of the season. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side beat chelsea 4—0 — their biggest victory over them at old trafford since 1965. a miserable start for frank lampard though in his first game as a premier league manager. chelsea had looked strong in the first half until marcus rashford got united going from the penalty spot after a foul by kurt zouma in the first—half. and the goals kept coming after the break. anthony martial doubled their lead, before rashford scored his second. and then what a debut for this man. 21—year—old daniel james off the bench to score united's fourth. at 4-0, at 4—0, you cannot dream of more or expect more, but the

bull on sunday dominic came out earlier cricketing unbeaten opening stand of 133 looks set to give sri lanka a victory in the 1st test against new zealand in goal or day 4 began with the black caps resuming at their 2nd innings on 195 for 7 some big hitting up from the lower orders saw them push the score up to 285 all out that set sri lanka difficult victory target of 268 however the sri lankan openers had no problems with the new zealand attacker. and. both hitting half centuries as the home side ended the day on 1334 no wicket in just 135 more runs to win and england are in serious trouble going into the final day of the 2nd ashes test at lord's having bowled australia out for 250 on saturday indian 2nd innings has got off to a terrible start there are 96 for 4 and lead by a 104 runs. asked about a lost her chance to regain the number one role in the ranking office she was knocked out in the cincinnati open semifinals illustrating was up against. who would have a place that ended nominalist sack us the world number one with the victory was stunned by her russian opponent straight sets tha

defense secretary has been nominated as a presidential candidate of the newly formed alliance the sri lanka brother john of param and is basically told the gathering here today that he has proved by actions rather than words that he is capable of taking on the challenge. here. today what is needed for this country is leadership with a vision for the future someone who has a plan for development someone who can implement those changes have a principled and corrupt political leadership. those who believe in rajapaksa celebrate as he has the official sort of nomination for the party but there are those who have misgivings misgivings that the man who led the sri lankan war machine with all the allegations against him. indeed become this country's leader a decision at the polls in a few months time. for voters in argentina taking part in presidential primaries that are expected to give an early indication of what's to come in october the general election with 2 major parties have already chosen their candidates incumbent president crees up against opposition leader. voting has started in guatema