Hello, I'm Karen Giannone, this is BBC World News, the headlines. The first funerals have taken place in New Zealand for victims of Friday's mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch.
30 of the 50 bodies have now been approved for release to relatives. The British Prime Minister Theresa May will not be asking the EU for a long delay when she formally requests that Brexit be postponed.
The UN says cyclone Idai has created a massive disaster in southern Africa. Officials believe it may be the worst natural catastrophe that's ever hit the southern hemisphere.
Dutch police have arrested another man suspected of involvement in Monday's shooting on a tram in Utrecht. Three people died.
He's been kept in custody but they've still not established a motive for the attack.
