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come in through there are a mockery in the agency where they have released a short statement claiming that they had sent two attackers to this church now the credibility of these claims that have come in several times before is almost impossible to verify islamic state has done this often where when it's a tactic space and when it hasn't been plame in the hours that follow it they will release a statement that doesn't make them in some way usually the only way to corroborate whether they were actually involved if a second statement comes in later in the day which often will have pictures of the attackers or will have some sort of video statement that kind of corroborates an actual physical link to the operational planning of this attack we do know that

islamic state has carried out attacks or the so-called islamic state has carried out attacks in baluchistan before through local affiliates known as the luggage and we and other me where so far hearing nothing from that group saying that they were involved in this so we will have to wait and see whether or not this is really a credible claim all right well we're still learning more about the attack at this stage what's the latest you can tell us about the situation on the ground. well at the moment now it seems that the area has been completely cured the police and army have finished their searching for an operations following the attack which occurred somewhere around midday services today on sunday eight seen two attackers work or attempting to gain entry into the compound they were first pretended by the guard who was at the gate that guard was killed by one of them and then the other attackers began to fire as they came into the into the main hall or tried to access the main hall police with an alerted and opened fire upon them one suicide attacker then blew up his vest another was unable to blow up his vest but then was

continuing to fire for a short while later he was then killed by police as well most of the injuries and the deaths that we've seen have come from we're hearing from the shattered dos and windows that were blown up from the force of the explosion that was outside the church itself and blew that debris into into the church and the worshippers so as of now it seems that the chief of police has said the search operations are over and they have secured the area as had our attacks on the christian minority comment in this region yes absolutely we've seen unfortunately a number of attacks are going all the fathers of minorities including christians in the last few years christians have always been a soft target in this country as they are is the number more than in the millions really impacts on there about one point eight percent of the population and so there are hundreds of churches across the country and police say that it's while they do it tend to security at time particularly at times like these in the run up to christmas it's almost impossible to secure all of them one of the biggest attacks that we saw was last year of course near easter there was a bombing at

a park that was claimed by the pakistani taliban that killed more than seventy five people and was one of the deadliest attacks that year that was dark getting a festival that was being organized for mainly for christians to celebrate easter but there were muslims and all other pakistanis at that park as well this was in the eastern city of lahore we've seen other attacks as well in the last few years generalist as that hashimi in islamabad thank you. in south africa the party that ended apartheid is confronting its future at a conference of the african national congress current leader in south african president jacob zuma is hoping to bring his party together zuma himself faces ongoing corruption allegations in office since two thousand and nine this is likely to be his last term seen as deputy antes ex-wife of the top contenders looking to succeed him. for more on this i'm joined in the studio by d.w. christine christine will we find out today who the next party leader will be all

while we wait with baited breath and unfortunately in our streets to seem has come from the party's deputy secretary general to say because of the delays that we've seen pretty much since the start of this conference they only finalized the credentials early that late this morning essentially that's the procedure that must take place before voting can actually commence there are issues about certain delegates who are who are who are given to criticize who people had issue with and then there were some delegates who claim they could not be a creative side for the conference so there was a lot of issues around that so that we understand has been finalized but hell more delays so we're going to have to wait until probably tomorrow morning at the latest to get the issues delays the divisions are already stark within the a.n.c. does this potentially spell the beginning of the end for the party and if you had made that statement two years ago we would have talked about it being potentially sensationalist but we are in a new territory with the a.n.c. jacob zuma leadership of this party has brought it to

a place that we've not seen before going into this there were eight presidential candidates people vying for this top job in the secretary general the party said that was indicative of just how deeply rooted the divisions within this party were at an all time low with its partners they see is that right now one of the partners the the south african communist party refuses to have president zuma address it's congress's so this is where we are at this point. deeply divided a lot of faction has factions and people say that the threat of the split is real now more than it's ever been the threat of a split and it's certainly a tight race that we're seeing here at the top it is telling of the two top candidates so you've got some courses on it and it's stupid decision she's a woman she's held several big portfolios in south africa's cabinet including interior minister most recently she was the chairperson of the african union the perfect politician she's a woman and that's what people in politics are calling for right now in south africa the challenge she has is she's affiliated with jacob zuma he endorsed her

and the problem with her is that people feel that if she takes over as n.c. president and potentially the president of south africa in two thousand and nineteen she will shield him from the prosecution that people say he needs to see that he needs to face his day in court we've had various courts in south africa saying he's breached the constitution people want him to be held to account people also feel that his style of politics will simply play out through her then you've got. a poster who by the way was meant to succeed nelson mandela way back when but has now come back he's been in business he's come back into politics he said he is ready to assume the role of leading the country his challenges that he's one of the richest men in the country a lot of black south africans look at him and think you're too closely affiliated with a white monopoly capital racist and a massive thing in south african society and so serious critics are very quick to remind the public that sort of was that is so rich and he will only do the bill of the bidding of the western world for example all white people who by and large

still hold south africa's wealth now we saw that final speech from jacob zuma in the capacity as leader of the a and c. he admitted failings of the party how was it received well here's the thing so you talked about the failings of the party he talked about the failings of of government at large even but he didn't take any of the blame he allocated the blame to everybody and anybody else but himself and people felt that that was a moment that indeed it could have taken to say this is where we got to draw this is where it could be. but he simply allocated the blame to to their lives partners to certain members who had even taken the party to court he scolded people for allowing external forces and influences within the policy and people are saying as the leader of the party you presided over a boss that has disintegrated to the point that we see the divisions that we see today the corruption levels he chose to to rile the dirt on private sick to corruption and needed glancing over a public safety program in which is crippling that country's economy and and keeping investment away christine thanks as ever since then and

now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of ukrainians gathered in central kiev for an anti corruption rally led by opposition figure mikhail saakashvili the former president of georgia has been calling for the removal of oligarchy from the government and the impeachment of ukrainian president petro poroshenko. polls have opened in chile a runoff presidential election the vote will determine if the country turns to the right with conservative billionaire and former president sebastian bin yet or stays on its center left course candidate and ahead there are errors supported by the current president michel. in the philippines tropical storm tack has triggered landslides and floods that have killed more than thirty people and left several others missing the slow moving storm passed over the eastern philippines on saturday officials report heavy damage to power lines roads and bridges. police in australia have a arrested

a man for allegedly acting as an economic agent for north korea he's accused of attempting to broker sales of missile technology in cold to third parties in indonesia and vietnam and naturalized australian citizen of korean descent is the first person to be charged under the country's weapons of mass destruction act. the police have called it a case like nothing ever seen on a stray in soil sydney resident chan hand choice stands accused of working as an economic an agent for north korea he allegedly used encrypted messages to try and broker sales of illegal exports including missile parts and technology in an effort to raise money for pyongyang astray and prime minister malcolm turnbull delivered a stern warning to anyone thinking of assisting north korea. north korea is a dangerous reckless criminal regime threatening the pace of the region it is vitally important that all nations work relate forcefully to enforce those

sanctions because the more economic pressure that can be brought on north korea the world that regime will be brought to its senses if it's by pyongyang to expand its intercontinental missile capabilities have accelerated in recent months resulting in a tightening of economic sanctions astray and federal police assistant commissioner neil gown told reporters that the case is a sign those measures are having an effect. by seeley's an economic engine on behalf of north korea there's nothing to suggest he's doing anything but that is doing it of a patriotic purpose you know i think at the end of day he would so whatever he could to to make money back to the north korean government i think it does go to show that the sections of boarding the fact that we've got people involved in those top of activities. police believe chan hang choi's illicit deals could have netted north korea tens of millions of dollars in much needed revenue. and the united states authorities avoided new evacuations in parts of california as

a massive wildfire continues to spread fierce winds have pushed the inferno closer to santa barbara and montecito with thousands of homes threatened by the place. more than seven hundred homes have been engulfed by these flames. and nest a place reaches the city of. its residents could only pray for the best. the fire has been devastating california for two weeks and has now become the third largest wildfire the state has ever recorded it. the firefighters have been battling around the clock but strong winds are keeping that extremely difficult. at the firefighters were facing last night were the expected the sundowners to hit somewhere between two am four am so north pushing the fire back downhill so extremely. humid as being.

a very very hazardous firefighting facing a high threat tens of thousands in some parts of santa barbara and venturer have been forced to leave their homes. and smoke has blotted out the county split skies . authorities say the wind has shifted in the firefighters favor but so far only forty percent of the blaze has been contained. now they said it was impossible but french said. showed the wall that can be done he said a spectacular new record for a nonstop solo sail around the globe as a rival in his boat messy if was met by many well wishes it took about forty two days to complete the voyage knocking more than six days and ten hours off the previous time saying officials can only confirm the record offer of viewing the boat's black box and g.p.s. data. you're watching news from bud and don't forget you can always get the latest

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