located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers triall a services. biala guest treng food bought cd managed by from. this is the only news live from berlin multiple blasts rocked the off gone capital kabul dozens have been killed in a suicide attack targeting a shiite cultural center and a media outlets were in kabul for the latest also coming up it's the biggest

prisoner exchange since hostilities are ruptured ukraine and pro russian separatists swapped captives in an unusual break from their recent escalation and the ongoing conflict in ukraine's restive east and europe's hackers debate the dangers of and on promise of our digital future at a major annual congress on the agenda the data security artificial intelligence and the spread of faith news. great to have you along. well we start our broadcast in afghanistan where officials now say at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured in a series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in

a shiite cultural center witnesses say many of the victims were students and in an online statement so-called islamic state is claiming its supporters were behind these attacks all right in that we can take you to the ob-gyn capital now where the blast took place to journalist hans and marty who is there hans what's the situation on the ground right now where you are. while the situation on the ground where i am it is by far away from the well so this part of town was not at all affected by this huge tragedy. as you said because it's you know miss or sort of like a change. some place a little bit less some little bit more. that take was apparently a sweet side or member and then subsequent explosion by mines that had been placed before hand so it wasn't that protected teg meaning that often explosions went off and all those people were killed. there was

a lot of like. a lot of work to do with bringing the wounded to hospitals and so warm up all the wise the situation has gone back to normal so it was you get like these tags these explosions all right now process you know i asked has claimed responsibility why that they target this then you are precisely what was going on at the time who was there. this is hard to tell about why the general why they targeted this venue is sectarian ideology the so-called islamic state because it was a shi'ite center what was going on apparently at the time of the explosion was a gathering of the pen discussion that marked. off the soviet union's invasion into afghanistan. in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine apparently

a lot of. wear attending this panel discussion so why exactly this gathering is hard to tell it is but it is likely that it was just like because it was a shi'ite gathering and it was not like a specific reason why this gathering exactly what this attack does although i highlight is the fact that security challenges remain very precarious in afghanistan where you are and it goes beyond the taliban describe to us that the extent of the i.a.s. presence in afghanistan how big are they there. yes it is important to note that. has a presence in afghanistan is like a very small fraction compared to older his searchings the biggest inserts a group is by far probably bomb so i see is present but only a small pockets. clearly confirmed by his presence is in the east of the contents not that far away from call there is like remote territory mountainous so it is

hard to see says say how much the cell that conducts attacks inside call groups is connected to this part in fact about the the cell that conducts attack eucom. next to no information is available so it is unclear how exactly they operate. i mean in the end the sad truth is it doesn't the death march to come that conduct attacks in a big city it's can be a group of several people and that's enough so it is not as complicated as some people might be benching to conduct such attacks france marty reporting from the afghan capital kabul thank you thank you. all right we want to shift our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world. russian president vladimir putin says an explosion in a st petersburg supermarket on wednesday was an act of terror at least ten people

were injured in the blast a homemade device containing two hundred grams of explosives was traced to a luggage locker. the man who led the campaign to oust zimbabwe's long time leader robert mugabe has been sworn in as the country's new vice president former army chief constantine. recently retired in order to accept his new job but critics have accused president emerson ga-ga of relying too heavily on the military for posts in his administration. of courts in myanmar has dropped additional charges against two foreign journalists arrested in october for illegally flight for illegally flying a drone over the country's parliament the pair were working for the turkish broadcaster t.r.t. and are due to be released in january to reuters journalists remain in custody on accusations of breaching the country's national secrets act covering the military

crackdown in iraq in state ukraine and separatist rebels have exchanged hundreds of prisoners in the largest swap since hostilities broke out in the country's east three years ago the deal followed months of negotiation and is part of the minsk peace accord signed in two thousand and fifteen the hope now is that the exchange could help deescalate a conflict that so far claimed over ten thousand lives. in the dark and the cold seventy four people came home ukrainian president petro poroshenko greeted former prisoners held by russian backed separatists. one former volunteer ukrainian fighter said he faced daily threats and beatings in captivity. even in the beginning there was strong psychological pressure they threatened me and my relatives with what they told me they would send me my mother

cut up in pieces as a buddhist. it's some point the beatings began. look what's left of my teeth but it's ok i'll buy new ones. earlier in the day ukrainian authorities send two hundred thirty three people back to the self-proclaimed separatist republics of new hanscom donetsk both of which are allied with russia. many of the prisoners have been held for more than a year. so of course it will be there when the critical. the most original it's emotional i talked with my wife on the phone. through a little what do you want most now just to see my son and my wife isn't. a. prisoner exchanges like this one we're envisioned back in two thousand and fifteen as part of the minsk agreement but the final details of the deal were only agreed last week

authorities are still waiting to see a full implementation aimed at resolving the conflict. europe's hackers are meeting in the german city of lights has to grapple with some of the tougher questions of our digital future how can we protect our personal data for instance and how can we stop cyber criminals from targeting our mobile phones while under the motto do something as some fifteen thousand participants are attending the annual congress of the chaos computer club. electric cars have been told to does the next big thing for transportation because they are considered better for the environment but experts are already warning that some of the technological infrastructure for e-cards is vulnerable to being hacked in germany customers of public charging stations are exposed to fraud because twins action data isn't encrypted researchers say that's because companies are placing other priorities ahead of security. these companies are growing very quickly simply because they

want to have the best location for their charging infrastructure and they are trying to. build the infrastructure right now and have the profits later so they occur growing more quickly instead of focusing on the security side of things while charging stations are one topic but of course the chaos communication congress is about online security internet security and data protection in general and the question of course is always is enough being done by the regulators and that is something that definitely needs to be looked at because a lot of the criticism is that governments in europe are not doing enough to protect consumers experts say companies don't have a major incentive to protect their customers data they want corporations that suffer customer data breaches to face heftier fines. it's not expensive enough for companies if they fail security wise but when you look at the internet of things the so-called i like this many video camera us toasters network tools to smart

smart home application that come with like zero security. measures just because in which companies those companies would think it's too important it's too costly it's too expensive to have. to install security measures and some experts suggest that the solution would be hefty fines for firms that do not keep customer data safe. after a relentless summer pursuit premier league club liverpool have finally signed southampton defender very day for eight i water in eighty four point five million euros that makes him the world's most expensive defender the dutch international moves to anfield on january first he was expected to join liverpool at the start of the season after he requested a transfer but the move fell through when liverpool were forced to make

a public apology after accusations of making an illegal approach for the player. now boxing is a high impact sport no matter what level you're competing at in her choir's they were bussed physique which is why boxers tend to be young but a group of the retirees in south africa are showing that age and nothing but a number once you're decided to step into the ring seventy nine year old constant and seventy seven year old gladys are just best friends and neighbors they're also books and partners twice a week they come to the a.t.m. gym in johannesburg to hit the punching bags and keep fit constant used to suffer from high blood pressure but has already noticed improvements in our health. i enjoy boxing because it makes me fit and when i go to the clinic the doctors say i no longer have high blood pressure i feel stronger since i started coming to the

gym because. the development of obesity and noncommunicable diseases like high blood pressure high cholesterol and type two diabetes is on a critical rise in south africa which is why nutritionist claudia go along welcomes the pensioners combined cardiovascular and resistance training routine when you combine those two kind of ascertaining things like crunching runnings swimming walking this is resistance training is body weight exercises circuit training training exercise like that not only both muscle mass but also gives them a symbolic weight which means you can control that develop an amazing city there's no disputing the importance of exercise but it would be ill advised for pensioners to receive in line punches to the head or body especially as preexisting conditions like aneurisms or high cholesterol could lead to fade talents he or strokes according to dr sally sco santa a medical supervise a boxing matches in south africa extreme force being applied to the to the head

or to any part of the board. would be to some free telly. bearing in mind that these people have not been chaired by dr us scott simon advises a full check up before anyone can box in the meantime these grandmothers are fighting their way to fitness. for them you're watching the news and more from us at the top of the hour want to leave you now with some of the pictures of our planet that astronauts on the international space station took from their views there are thousands of images to pick from i hear some of the best taken this year.

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