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around the s.w.a.t. vehicles, those are the very ones that would be conducting such a search but they tone seem to have that urgency you would expect. im sure there will be a statement coming out at some point in time. hopefully soon. that will at least give some preliminary information to kind of set peoples minds at ease. it looks like this will be something where we saw, some people may have lost their lives in this particular incident. i hope thats not true. the shooter, that is wh...

im at the home and studio of one of sri lankas most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. im happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far youve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lankas past? im totally influenced by that. im totally, yes. everything i do has something to do ...

it was not guilty of concealing information about flight control systems on its 373 max aircraft. flaws in the systems were found to have led to fatal crashes four years ago. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. iam i am outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into its capital of sri la...

im at the home and studio of one of sri lankas most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. im happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far youve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lankas past? im totally influenced by that. im totally, yes. everything i do has something to do ...

have been killed. a metre of fresh snow has fallen, and many areas remain under threat of flooding. president biden has declared a state of emergency, freeing federal aid for the state. those are our top story this hour. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zainab badawi. im just outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful island nation has been plunged into its worst economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread protests an...

This law enforcement presser. >> let me begin with what we do know. we know there are victims besides the shooter. we didnt know that before. this could have been an interaction between law enforcement and the shooter that just ended in the shooters death. so we know through clarification that there are, when the police chief had to come back, that there are civilian fatalities. that will be relevant, obviously. it would be prudent for the police department to sail at least how many we know are ...

Civil war in sri lanka, there were atrocities committed by both sides? as we know, you know, organisations like international crisis group who reported both types of atrocities being committed by both tamils and the sinhalese. yes, true. but let me say, you see, when the war is on, going on, as an artist and a thinking person, im not there tojump on the bandwagon and going pro—war. thats not my... my critical citizen thinking would not allow me. no, but i said youre blaming the sinhalese and p...

And they killed moderate tamils and they also killed innocent sinhalese civilians. and you yourself have said there are many different interpretations of the past. so do you not perhaps, both in your work and your comments, overlook the fact that during the long running civil war in sri lanka, there were atrocities committed by both sides? as we know, you know, organisations like international crisis group would reported these kind of atrocities being committed by both tamils and the sinhalese. ...

During the long running civil war in sri lanka, there were atrocities committed by both sides? as we know, you know, organisations like international crisis group would reported these kind of atrocities being committed by both tamils and the sinhalese. yes, true. but let me say, you see, when the war is on, going on, as an artist and a thinking person, im not there tojump on the bandwagon and going pro—war. thats not my... my critical citizen thinking would not allow me. no, but i said youre b...

Organisations like international crisis group would reported these kind of atrocities being committed by both tamils and the sinhalese. yes, true. but let me say, you see, when the war is on, going on, as an artist and a thinking person, im not there tojump on the bandwagon and going pro—war. thats not my... my critical citizen thinking would not allow me. no, but i said youre blaming the sinhalese and perhaps absolving some of the tamils of also committing atrocities during the war. 0h, sure,...