Good morning, on Easter Sunday, 2019
The festival that rejoices with the resurrection of Jesus from the dead
This is the seven o’clock news
At least 200 people have been killed in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka
Ten years after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in the bitter civil war
As the country was resurgent, rebuilding and peaceful
The now no-so-aptly named Shangri-La hotel attacked
Along with churches and shrines and their worshippers
Suicide bombers attend Mass with quite different thoughts of tomorrow
In the US, survivors of the Columbine High School shooting
Attended a remembrance ceremony in Denver
To mark the twentieth anniversary of the massacre
Thirteen dead people, “enough is enough” they said at the time
But those grieving, still trying to understand
Do know that more than enough guns can do the same today
Twenty-one years of peace in Northern Ireland
Since the Good Friday Agreement
Teetered on a fragile edge this Good Friday
As journalist Lyra McKee was murdered in Londonderry
Two teenagers of the New Irish Republican Army arrested
As fears of a Brexit-mandated hard border are raised
Meanwhile
Senior Democrats consider bringing impeachment proceedings against the US President
A comedian without any political experience looks set to be the next Ukrainian President
Fierce fighting erupted near Tripoli after Libya’s UN-backed government launched a counter-offensive against insurgents
The UN says that 100,000 people are still destitute two months after cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, with very little hope for their future
Iconic Bengal tigers are near extinction in Sundarbans, their last stronghold
“Millions for Notre Dame, but nothing for us”, say gilets jaunes to Macron; really plus ça change
That ends the seven o’clock edition of the news this Easter Sunday
“Sleep in heavenly peace”
Franschhoek, South Africa, February 2020
