allah gassed transfer. managed by transport. this is d.w. news live from berlin a massive explosion rocks kabul officials there there say at least sixty three people are dead more than one hundred fifty others are wounded look at the latest from the afghan capital also on the program. germany's kurdish community mobilizes to protest turkey's intervention in syria police in cologne have beefed up security

during clashes with german turks who support the military operation. and the world that marks international holocaust remembrance day to meet a ninety five year old survivor who is working to ensure that the atrocities of world war two never happen again. welcome to the program at least sixty three people are dead and have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior minister also says more than one hundred fifty were injured in the suicide bomb attack which happened at a police security checkpoint on saturday morning the taliban have claimed responsibility. the attacker made it past the first checkpoint posing as a paramedic transporting

a patient in an ambulance the bomb was detonated when he was identified by police at the second checkpoint while i was sitting in my shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows shattered the bottom of. the casualties a very high bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everywhere. a hospital co-ordinator described the attack as a massacre the blast happened on a busy street during lunch hour the area is home to several foreign embassies and government buildings. this is the second major taliban attack in kabul in the past . that's despite reassurances from the government and its u.s. allies that their joint offensive against the taliban was succeeding we're going to go now to journalist to here in afghanistan. started

a thank you so much for being with us we are first just wondering how are people in afghanistan coping with the situation. for people in afghanistan are shocked horrified and everyone is actually possible because it is not the preferred park which happened in kabul over the last few days actually it is one of the act which happened here today people we talked to on social media as well everyone is pretty proud of criticizing but if people of course you know i think the government or for you from a fifteen year after an operational security opticals and speaking of the officials on calls for firing how are the authorities in kabul dealing with the aftermath of this. well you hear nothing actually except some very. serious remarks understatement from both the president and so what they are doing is only condemning the attacks which if people believe that only one what changes

is statement is the date and the date the date told such attacks and nothing very fair use actually the afghan government normally did down the number of the date in afghanistan but the health ministry said we spoke to he confirmed over sixty people were killed but let me remind you that the numbers are really high because the afghan government always does that in order to actually not panic people. now it seems like there's been an uptick in the number of attacks happening in afghanistan lately is there any truth to that feeling and if so why is that. well there's no money because the afghan will afghans when you speak on the street they believe that the afghan government is so much busy with the politics and accusing the neighboring countries that they forget to ensure the security of afghans that isn't especially in the capital kabul for example any in a few days ago a state that probably is under siege but it is not only called but the whole afghanistan is under siege i mean over the last few weeks here has. been

a serious of attacks across the country in the north of the country for example in south yesterday it was in kandahar and today as well i think in one of the thousand provinces as well so it is actually the total failure people believe it is a total failure of the afghan security forces even though the number is to money but it's because not the professional and competent people are appointed senior so that's why i mean process also because of the you know the failure in your intelligence services even though to bring it to the audience attention that hewitt's embassy couple of days ago they issued a warning saying that there might be an attack against a restaurant hotel or some of the busiest places in kabul that we have been actually witnessing at least two attacks in kabul. here because you are a for us in afghanistan thank you very much for your insights thank you.

several thousand members of germany's kurdish community are staging a protest against turkey's military offensive in syria the demonstration is taking place in the german city of cologne which is home to a large kurdish community it comes a week after turkish troops launched a ground and air assault on kurdish forces in northern syria we understand police are intervening following an incident there were fears the violence could break out between kurds and turks who support the military operation. germany's green party has elected to new leaders the vote was part of a reshuffle triggered after the failure of the party's coalition talks with chancellor i'm going to marco's conservative block and the free democrats robert ha back will now head of the greens alongside on and they. are part of the centrist wing along as well as part of the greens pragmatic wing breaking a tradition of electing a leftist. now on to some of the other stories making news around the world voters

in the czech republic have cast their ballots in the country's today presidential runoff pro western academic. scuse me is seeking to oust the anti immigrant incumbent to me last exam on the polls had zaman ahead but it now looks like it could be a tight race. philippine president roderigo do terrets a has voiced support for me on mars embroiled leader aung sun suu kyi said he pities the nobel prize laureate who is facing international condemnation for failing to address the atrocities committed against her a hinge of muslims in myanmar. south korea's president has visited the scene of a hospital fire that killed dozens and injured more than one hundred the building in the southern city of near young caught fire on friday authorities have ordered an investigation into the cause of the blaze. today is international holocaust

remembrance day marked every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp nazi germany murdered murdered more than six million jews in the second world war one of those working to uphold the memory of the victims is ninety five year old survivor margaret mizen are in the u.s. capital washington. margaret meissner was born in austria and trace in practical slovakia in one nine hundred thirty four the growing anti semitism in her city became more and more noticeable so markets matter center to paris and joined a year later. but the influence of the nasties was soon felt in france as well one day margetts mother received a letter. so i went to the police station with us the will you take since none of your business go and were you to. go home

so here i was burma served my mother was gone we had no money markets mother was deported two girls internment camp in southern france market was eighty years old alone and had to find a way out of europe she fled paris on a bicycle at the same time her mother succeeded in escaping the internment camp by some miracle the mother and daughter found each other just child kilometers from. together they made their way to spain where they found a way to travel to america but he was not to be they were picked up by the spanish police and thrown in jail so after or this we were groomed to be. but you see only here. so we had good luck good friends who helped. and the exactly three years after i left my room in prague we came to the united states but i was ninety margaret meisner regularly tells visitors to the holocaust

museum about her memories and experiences this is one of the most visited museums in the u.s. capital many people come specially to hear the sorry survivors have to tell that her generation is quickly vanishing this current of industrialization of death has never happened and the person is so that there is one of the reasons why one should not forget that and more than and the thing else one true try to keep these arrows from repeating repeat. to market my side these issues have gained a new sense of urgency in today's highly volatile political climate. certainly some of the. some of the moves of the american government right now this very similar to work her in germany in the month in twenty

sentiment in thirty and trying not to be a bust the. market is determined to remain active as long as she can she's put her story into a book so that people in the world can read it and that future generations are aware of this part of history. now we never forget the french capital paris is on high alert for flooding as the river center ends to overflow its banks all boat traffic on the sun in paris and upstream of the sun has been stopped but already has have shut roads train stations and rail lines hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in the paris region the water level is expected to peak at around six meters at least four meters above its normal level. and moving onward to sports in tennis news caroline wozniacki has been crowned the

women's australian open champion after defeating simona halep seven six three six six four in a melbourne the dane lead after a nail biting first set went all the way to a tie break before holland drew level while he held her nerve however to claim the final set and a first ever grand slam title the men's final will be played on sunday in the bundesliga match day twenty got off to a thrilling start as i try frankfurt defeated fellow european hopefuls. two zero kevin prince boateng put the hosts ahead on the forty third minute. sealed the victory in injury time it was the on loans strikers third goal in as many games the win saw troughed move up to second in the table ahead of the rest of this weekend's fixtures and elsewhere in the bundesliga it's that time of year again hamburg have sacked another coach they've made a habit of bringing in new blood during the season and despite plenty of poor

results in recent years they have always managed to avoid the drop but will work one more time on saturday the new coach will face like six in his first game in charge. it was all smiles from a new hamburg coach banned all of us the one time no frills defender hopes of back to basics approach can steady the ship at the troubled club. or club and the table tells a clear story b. and we need to improve across the boards and go we know that and we're working to make it better to speed up the emberg fans have heard this sort of thing before over the past ten years no less than thirteen coaches have tried their hand at improving the club's fortunes well several of hamburg's relegation rivals brought in new players in the winter break the northern club stood pat their middling roster will stay as it is a potentially risky move. for the issue it's the coaching staff got together

and we came up with a plan. which was we'll see whether it works on saturday and hope that one of them some fifteen one part of all of us plan is apparently welcoming a once out of favor player back into the fold while a-c. looks set to make the start in central midfield a tough assignment in lights it. was especially to use we know it's going to be tough to take points off them no but i think as long as we play as a unit you may have a chance months on end of the road and we'll do that too and simberg have got a lot of practice pulling themselves together and beating the drop in three of the past four seasons they've gone down to their final game before safety was assured. sebastien ogier ever manes in the lead after the second day of the season opening monte carlo rally the french ford fiesta driver struggled in the slippery

conditions but finished still but still finished the day fifteen seconds ahead of us stony and driver tom knocker and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the car around the clock on our website that's t w dot com thanks for joining us. democratic they will succeed in defining the subtle not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of the stick trying to shift. taking the stand global news that matters. made from minds. w. true diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages.