The winter storm 'nor' easter 'that is shaking the United States leaves floods on its way to the east coast
The weather phenomenon causes electricity cuts, transport chaos and other damage throughout the Atlantic coastal strip
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The weather phenomenon causes electricity cuts, transport chaos and other damage throughout the Atlantic coastal strip
Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia found themselves in the path of the powerful weather system.
Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter bombings, one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s history, killed more than 260 people. After a trial lasting nearly five years, 15 men have now been convicted over the attacks, which were inspired by the Islamic State group. All those convicted are members of Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority. Ellen Gainsford reports on their sentences.
The 15 convicts have been given prison sentences of at least 200 years each, following a long trial in what was among Sri Lanka's deadliest attacks.
Fifteen people have been convicted over Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people.
The suicide bombings were the deadliest attacks in the country since the end of its civil war in 2009.
The coordinated bombings in April 2019 were carried out at three tourist hotels and three churches, killing 279 people.
Co-ordinated suicide attacks killed 270 people across several churches and hotels in Colombo in 2019.