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BBC news with Jonathon Izard.

The Sri Lankan president has promised major changes to the military and the security services after Sunday’s suicide bombings. He also said he would take action against those who didn’t share warnings about the attacks. Earlier, the president said lives were lost because information wasn’t passed on to the government.

The UN Security Council has approved a watered-down resolution condemning sexual violence in conflicts. References to survivors’ access to reproductive health were dropped because of the Trump Administration’s stance on abortion.

The Egyptian authorities say plans to extend President Sisi’s time in office have been passed with an overwhelming majority in a referendum. They could allow him to remain as president until 2030.

North Korean’s state media say the country’s leader Kim Jong-un has left Pyongyang for his summit in Russia with President Putin. He is traveling by train to the city of Vladivostok.

A congressional deadline for the US financial authorities to hand over President Trump’s tax returns has not been met. The democratic chairman of the committee involved Richard Neal has demanded that President Trump’s tax returns for the past 6 years should be submitted. But non-compliance had been widely expected, because Mr. Trump has always refused to submit the documents.

A Nicaraguan bishop who has criticized the government’s crackdown on opposition protesters has left the country. Silvio Baez has received death threats and has been assaulted by pro-government paramilitaries.

The Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged the United States to stem the flow of central-American migrants to its southern border by investing in the region. He said the problem should be tackled with development and job creation.

37 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia accused of forming terrorist cells and carrying out attacks against the security forces. All were Saudi citizens, most of them reportedly members of the Shiite minority.

More than 30 people are known to have been killed in floods that hit the South African city of Durban. A number of people are still missing, and rescue operations are continuing.

BBC news.