Sri Lanka attacks: Government admits ‘major intelligence lapse’

Media captionVolunteers provide water, food and support to those mourning the bombing Sri Lanka has admitted a “major intelligence lapse” before the Easter Sunday bomb attacks which killed 359 people and wounded more than 500. An Indian intelligence warning from the beginning of the month about planned attacks was not properly shared by the authorities, […]

Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber ‘studied in UK and Australia’

Media captionVolunteers provide water, food and support to those mourning the bombing One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka once studied in the UK, officials say, as further details on the bombers emerge. He visited south-east England in 2006-7 to study but did not complete a full university degree, a […]

Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber ‘studied in UK and Australia’

Media captionVolunteers provide water, food and support to those mourning the bombing One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka studied in the UK, officials say, as further details on the bombers emerge. The country’s deputy defence minister said the bomber studied in the UK before doing a course in Australia. […]

Japan sterilisation law victims get compensation and apology

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Demonstrators march in support of forced sterilisation victims in May 2018 Tens of thousands of victims of forced sterilisation in Japan are now entitled to compensation. Under a eugenics law which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, people were made to undergo operations to prevent them having children […]

Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber ‘studied in UK and Australia’

Media captionRamesh was killed in the blast in Batticaloa One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka studied in the UK, officials say, as further details on the bombers begin to emerge. The country’s deputy defence minister said the bomber studied in the UK before doing a course in Australia. The […]

Hong Kong ‘Umbrella’ protesters sentenced to jail terms

Image copyright EPA Image caption Chan Kin-man, left, and Benny Tai, centre, was jailed for 16 months while Chu Yiu-ming, right, got a suspended sentence Four Hong Kong activists have been sentenced to up to 16 months in prison for their role in pro-democracy demonstrations. Four others received suspended sentences on Wednesday, while one had […]

Kim Jong-un in Russia for Vladimir Putin summit

Image copyright Reuters Image caption North Korean state media showed Mr Kim boarding his private train North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is in the Russian far-east for a summit with President Vladimir Putin. State media say Mr Kim is travelling on his private train. It will be his first talks with the Russian president. The […]

Jacinda Ardern leads effort to curb online extremism

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption “It’s critical that technology platforms like Facebook are not perverted as a tool for terrorism”, Ms Ardern said New Zealand and France will lead efforts to stop the use of social media to organise and promote terrorism in the wake of the Christchurch attacks. A gunman killed 50 people […]

Akshay Kumar: PM Modi gets ‘candid’ with Bollywood star

Image copyright BJP4India/Twitter Image caption The interview was broadcast on Wednesday India has entered full election mode: voting began on 11 April, and the final ballot will be cast more than five weeks later on 19 May. Every day, the BBC will be bringing you all the latest updates on the twists and turns of […]

Sri Lanka attacks: IS ‘may be linked’, government says

Media captionThe footage shows a man wearing a large backpack calmly walking towards St Sebastian’s church The Islamic State (IS) group may be linked to bomb blasts which killed 321 people and wounded 500 in Sri Lanka, the country’s prime minister has said. Ranil Wickremesinghe said the government believed Sunday’s attacks could not have been […]