We trust debate and shape the future of the global media for. The place made for moderates. Good. Grief and outrage follow a wave of Easter Sunday bombings and. The death toll stands at two with hundreds more injured. Through Luxury Hotels. And explosion came during a Police Official religious extremists and have made several arrests have the
latest from colombia. A comedian a Landslide Victory to become ukraines next president. Played a president on television now hes one for real after incumbent Petro Poroshenko conceives the. Thanks for joining us we start in sri lanka where world and religious leaders have condemned a devastating wave of Easter Sunday bombings at least Two Hundred Seven people were killed and hundreds more wounded Luxury Hotels and churches were targeted police say most of the eight bombings appear to have been suicide attacks the government has blamed religious extremists but so far no group has claimed responsibility. So hospital in the capital colombo was overwhelmed people brought in victims any way they could to. The outside shock and disbelief at the scale of the violence. No one expected Easter Sunday to end in this way i heard the explosion and then the roof fell on us we took the children and run out but when i came to the hospital i saw my brother in law and some on the ground. Among the buildings hit the five star Shangrila Hotel in colombo. Many had been enjoying a special easter break first when the blast went off. It was one of several Luxury Hotels and a church targeted in the capital. Another blast happened at a church in the town of Mocambo North of the capital more than ninety people died here. Then shortly afterwards the Zion Church In The Eastern Town Of Batticaloa was
devastated by another device. Its the worst act of violence in ten years since the end of the countrys Civil War The Government has blamed truly just extremists and has warned of serious consequences for the nation. I see this as a serious situation as destabilizing the country and the economy i strongly condemn this attack aimed at religious institutions and some hotels in the capital back. In the aftermath of the carnage a number have arrests have been made and a curfew imposed and the government is vowing to hunt down all the perpetrators i lets cross over now to jamila national been editor of news in asia and journalist in Colombo Sri Lanka its a late there and. Jamila but give us a sense of whats happening right now after todays horrific events. High so it
could at one thirty In The Night Shooting On comes time and it to this city at the moment as a plenty as a Police Go Feel has been imposed indefinitely and the police and the government head have urged people to stay indoors and not be fired because if you. Already see right now is that the Police Personnel and try forces on the road who lost their owning the blast site coop giving protections of the stock us officials who are doing protection to the state institutions and right now whats the i hearing is that Security Personnel have been able to successfully diffuse a not bake sale to the wife which their phone close to being commissioner apposing the outskirts of the caprica so all we see right now in the capital is very weighty heavy Police Presence and many presence on the road. Camilla were hearing reports
unconfirmed right now but reports nonetheless that the Islamic State is claiming responsibility for these attached can you tell us anything more about that. They have been doing much with have been spreading since today often known that that is a possibility that may seventeenth may have a hand in this but this has not been confirmed by anybody from the government at all from the comparison between our coming television and in fact sri lankan timing is that i need to be commenting to just told journalists shocked by logo that all seven who had lead arrest as. She was conceived isnt but they were conducting investigations to see these locos had any coming occasion with Farting Coffee so i am unable to confirm that at the moment we are just going to have to wait to see what the government sees releasing official saying that they are sri lankan citizens but can you tell us anything more about what authorities believe about who
these people might be according to authorities. But actually no one has claimed responsibility at the moment according to the police and the police to a community have said that maybe not that i was named but all the names of all the nice nations who may likely be responsible for todays attacks a complete investigation is conducted right now what hes going on is that the police are ready b. C. And getting the bodies out. From the khanate site was applied for this is a very easy conducting such operations so i base no particular group which has been named at the moment. Three of the attacks we understand happened at churches have christian celt under threat in the lead up to this. Yes they have because last week on palm sunday that was a church in on the right of the poor in the central farming which came under attack by a local group that was a local group lodged
a man that was opposing tide and they were able to have the windows team say and the captain is coming you see have strongly condemned to get attacked and have lost the most to retreat and have also alleges that that one month to look into these attacks which is a cause worry says the back. Of christianity weve been reporting all day generally about seven percent of the country there in sri lanka have there been religious tensions in the past involving christians. Where there has been intervention on and off in these recent years. And its not only the against the christians about it is also against the minority muslims antiman. So all minorities have been posited in an isolated incident in recent years but authorities have been successful in the in punishing some of those who have been behind these attacks and so what what we what we never expected was something
so see we see via reach happened today Reach Back Hundreds look in the chest effect jamila nash made in thanks so much for your time. Exit polls from ukraines president ial election show a Landslide Victory for the comedian for not emirs a lansky according to early results the challenger has won comfortably with over seventy percent of the vote if confirmed it will mean selenski will go from playing the president on t. V. To becoming the countrys real leader he came well ahead of incumbent Petro Poroshenko hes conceded his defeat and congratulated selenski. Joining us now from zelinsky election event in kiev is d w correspondent Nick Connelly nick exit polls have been released the crowds at the event where you are must have been jubilant. You have to. Come to you
michael im having a bit of Trouble Hearing you again the line is very cold this is packed here this Election Party were expecting volume is lets get any minute now to come and talk to us again the first time we spoke to people was just off the release of those exit polls when the poll colin when the ballot box closed an hour ago back then he kept it very brief thanking his supporters and his votes is now expecting a bit more in the way of detail this being one of the main criticisms of his campaign so far that he has been noticeably short on the detail and reluctant to really open the calls and tell people what he plans to do nick will try this again no its very loud where you are but as far as we know zelinsky has won by at least seventy percent of the vote how were liable for those exit polls. Last time around this is the second round of ukraines election this runoff in the first round they were pretty reliable the biggest changed only very marginally so
this seems by everyone for everyone to be a conclusive result and indeed we have already heard from Petro Poroshenko that he plans to call Believers Alinsky and congratulate him so at least as far as the players here on the ground all concerned. This is the result and even if it changes marginally given that extent of that gap between the two candidates they no one here imagines any develops ultimately change you. Can you give us a little bit more color if you can nick about the reactions from the two candidates. So this was an extraordinary scene as those first exit polls came out this is about how much basic essentially a night club a very unusual place for an election rally people sitting everywhere people trying to catch a glimpse because lenski who was cordoned off by very heavy security trying to shout out questions him avoiding them and making his way to the stage to just thank his supporters but beyond that now with this the expectation of what he will tell
us this is being the big concern throughout the campaign that he has been so reticent about the details on the other hand of the other end of town Petro Poroshenko has already spoken to supporters in an event that has mostly fewer journalists and people out and about he has said that he has lost the battle but not lost the war he says hes going to stay in politics even often even the president said hes going to fight the parliamentary elections that should yield for this autumn and that he will now pave the way this alleged its a go back and well get back into the office and try to help him take on his post so kind of very magnanimous speech for much pushing more positive than were expecting the extent of the defeat seems to have taken any doubts that this could still change that youre pushing my facing up to the reality of todays results nick in a debate last week selenski said that he would break the system now hes in the position to do just that what exactly did he mean. You know. This is about a generational change a new face is so both second place and for cinco and third place to machine code these people whove been the phone. From the politics of the last twenty thirty years he says that as someone from outside he doesnt have the links to the old system so all the different kind of deals have been done over the years and that you can really put this ones head and that means corruption shaking up the system seeing that people who benefit directly from the way things are the way the Government Works that they face prosecution and they end up in jail that is one of the main concerns voters have consistently talked about poverty caused by Corruption Ukraine consistently failing up live up to its big potential this is after all still the poorest country in europe millions of ukrainians having to search for work abroad and so thats he says that by fighting corruption he can make a decent living a reality for ordinary ukrainians. Connally in kiev for us thank you now. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world more than Seventy Thousand people gathered in st Peters Square to listen to the pope deliver his traditional easter address in his annual Irby Or Be Speech Latin for to the city and to the world pope francis offered a pardon for sins and a reflection on the worlds war ravaged regions he also condemned the bombings in sri lanka and offered condolences for the victims families. A landslide in Southwestern Colombia has filled at least fourteen people and injured five others heavy rains triggered the disaster in profits it ferried at least eight houses and blocked the portion of the panamerican highway landslides or tomic during columbias rainy season. Dance military leader general abdel fattah says he is committed to handing power to
a civilian government the military has pledged to respond within a week to demands for civilian control the announcement came after further Street Demonstrations Protests Organizations have put forward a list of candidates including some military representatives. Tripolis only Working Airport has reopened after being hit by air strikes airport had been shut down amid two weeks of fighting over control of the libyan capital forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar have been unable to break into the city defended by libyas internationally recognized government. And a reminder of the top stories were following for you a wave of Easter Sunday bombings in sri lanka has killed at least Two Hundred Seven people hundreds more Wounded Police say thirty five foreign nationals are among the dead the government has blamed religious extremists and arrested several suspects a nationwide curfew is in plains. Exit polls from ukraines president ial election
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