the world s biggest maker of telecommunications infrastructure, huawei, has announced bumper revenue. it had sales of more than $26 billion for the first three months of the year. that is despite a campaign by the us to convince countries to ban the chinese firm over fears it could be a security risk. karishma vaswani is our asia business correspondent in singapore. you are monitoring this from singapore. karishma vaswani, any particularly interesting figures that jumped out in particularly interesting figures thatjumped out in the latest results 7 thatjumped out in the latest results? these are not results to sneeze at. this is a 39% increase in revenue, quarterly revenue, compared to the year before and what this shows you, i think, it shows you what huawei is saying that the campaign by the united states to get its allies and partners to stop using equipment from huawei is not really working. of course, having said that, a large portion of these reve nu es said that, a lar
have their noses in front again in the premier league, a 2 0 win and that s bad news for cardiff in their fight to stay up. it is the start of the rhubarb season. it is the start of the rhubarb season. later on we will be picking and tasting some of this rhubarb and i will have a full forecast in what is said to be a record breaking easter monday. it s monday the 22nd of april. our top story: nearly 300 people are now known to have died in a series of bombings across sri lanka. nobody has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which targeted luxury hotels and churches packed with easter worshippers. five british nationals are believed to be among the victims. leigh milner reports. st anthony s shrine in colombo. this is where people had gathered to pray on easter sunday when a bomb exploded. a string of attacks ripped through the country within minutes of each other. six bombs targeted separate churches and hotels in colombo. two other explosions hit churches in batticaloa.
officials say eight british nationals are among the 290 people killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks in sri lanka. more than 500 others were injured in the blasts which targeted churches and luxury hotels on easter sunday. police say they ve arrested 2a suspects. they ve said they believe that most of those involved are part of one radical islamic group, operating locally. leigh milner reports. st anthony s shrine in colombo. this is where people had gathered to pray on easter sunday when a bomb exploded. a string of attacks ripped through the country within minutes of each other. six bombs targeted separate churches and hotels in colombo. two other explosions hit churches in negombo and batticaloa. translation: i heard the explosion and then the roof fell on us. we took the children and ran out from the rear door but when i came to the hospital, i saw my brother in law and son on the ground. hundreds rushed to hospitals looking for loved ones. for many, their search end
officials say eight british nationals are among the 290 people killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks in sri lanka. more than 500 others were injured in the blasts which targeted churches and luxury hotels on easter sunday. police say they ve arrested 2a suspects. they ve said they believe that most of those involved are part of one radical islamic group operating locally. leigh milner reports. st anthony s shrine in colombo. this is where people had gathered to pray on easter sunday when a bomb exploded. a string of attacks ripped through the country within minutes of each other. six bombs targeted separate churches and hotels in colombo. two other explosions hit churches in negombo and batticaloa. translation: i heard the explosion and then the roof fell on us. we took the children and ran out from the rear door but when i came to the hospital, i saw my brother in law and son on the ground. hundreds rushed to hospitals looking for loved ones. for many, their search ende
good morning. the sri lankan high commissioner says eight british nationals including a mother and her two young children are among the 290 people killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks. more than 500 others were injured in the blasts which targeted churches and luxury hotels on easter sunday. sri lanka has declared a state of emergency from midnight local time and tomorrow as a national day of mourning. police say they ve arrested 2a suspects. they believe that most of those involved are part of one radical islamic group, operating locally. leigh milner reports. st anthony s shrine in colombo. this is where people had gathered to pray on easter sunday when a bomb exploded. a string of attacks ripped through the country within minutes of each other. six bombs targeted separate churches and hotels in colombo. two other explosions hit churches in negombo and batticaloa. translation: i heard the explosion and then the roof fell on us. we took the children and ran out fro