the state of the news coming soon why from berlin a massive suicide bombing rocks kabul officials say at least ninety five people are that and more than one hundred fifty others are injured we'll bring you the latest from the afghan capital also coming up holocaust survivors and their families gather at the floor of auschwitz death camp to mark international holocaust remembrance day it comes amid warnings of rising anti-semitism during europe. and we'll introduce you to a ninety five year old holocaust survivor who's working to ensure that the

atrocities of world war two never happen again. i'm sara harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. at least ninety five people have been killed in a major explosion in the afghan capital kabul the country's interior ministry also says more than one hundred fifty were injured in a suicide bomb attack which happened at a police 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 one of the close it you must show up when there was a powerful explosion only windows shot to the bottom one. casualties are very

high bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everyone. a hospital coordinator 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 eighty's that's despite reassurances from the government and its u.s. allies that their joint offensive against the taliban was succeeding. earlier we spoke to kabul based journalist talk here can durie and asked to help people in afghanistan are coping with the situation people in afghanistan are shocked horrified and everyone is actually puzzled because it is not the first attack which happened in kabul over the last few days actually it is said that is

one of the serious attacks which happened here full of people we talked to on social media as well everyone is really saddened criticizing a lot of people of course you know asking the government to fire some of the senior afghan officials the security officer afghans when you speak on the street 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 afghan citizen as they should be in the capital kabul for example any in a few days they say that's probably is under siege but it is not only called but hold afghanistan is under siege i mean over the last few weeks. have been a serious of attacks across the country in the north of the country for example in south east just that he was in kandahar 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 to bring it to the audience attention that hewitt's embassy couple of days ago they issued

a warning saying that might be an attack against a restaurant hotel or some of the busiest places in kabul that we have been actually witnessing that these two attacks in kabul. and that was journalist to hear jerry speaking to us a little earlier from kabul police in the german city of cologne or broken up a demonstration by kurds protesting turkey's offensive on kurdish fighters in syria authorities decided to shut it down after protesters refused to stop waving flags showing band symbols security was tight at the protests with fears that violence could break out between kurds and turks who support the military operation the demonstration comes a week after turkish troops launched a ground an air assault against a coldest region in syria trollish president regift have everyone has criticized german authorities for allowing these kurdish protests will not meeting turkish pro-government election rallies. there's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world saudi

arabia and billionaire prince our well we've been tall has been released from detention this comes more than two months after he was confined to a luxury hotel during the kingdom's crackdown on corruption prominent businessman was accused of money laundering bribery and extortion charges he's denied. south korea's president rouget and 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 over an investigation into what caused the blaze. paris is on high alert for flooding as the reverse and is expected to peak at four meters above its normal level authorities and shut roads train stations and rail lines hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes. czech president new ocean is the man who has been reelected to another five year term official results show him winning around

fifty three percent of votes in today's runoff election the euro skeptic president has frequently warned of what he calls the dangers of islamic mass migration the defeated the academic year redraw host who is seen as friendlier to brussels. germany's green party has elected two new leaders the vote was part of a triggered after the failure of the party's coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservative bloc and the pro-business free democrats robert habeck will now lead the greens alongside that they are both belong to the greens pragmatic wing breaking a tradition of electing a leftist centrist duo. well today is international holocaust remembrance day it's marked every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz nazi concentration camp by the red army in one nine hundred forty five former inmates of the camp in poland laid wreaths today at the so-called loft of

death where executions took place some six million jews were murdered by nazi germany during the second world war most of them and camps like this. and on holocaust remembrance day america warned of rising anti-semitism in germany she said wife was still far from normal for jewish people in germany. in the sun it's shameful that no jewish institution can exist without police protection. that's why we have to do everything we can to fight not only anti semitism but also xenophobia that's a toast we must face every day. for decades holocaust survivors have played a central role in teaching younger generations about anti-semitism and the horrors of the nazi genocide met up with ninety five year old larget weisner in the u.s.

capital washington she is among those working to uphold the memory of the victims. margaret meissner was born in austria and traced impractical slovakia's in one nine hundred thirty four the growing anti semitism in her city became more and more noticeable so markets mother sent her to paris and joined a year later. but the influence of the masses was soon felt in france as well. one day margetts mother received a letter so i went to the police station with her and us the will you take since none of your business go and where you take your business go home so here i was burma served my mother was gone we had no money markets mother was deported to girl 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 all this we were groomed to be. but to see only here so good luck good friends who had. a big surplus three years of my brother. but. my good 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 stories of survivors have to tell.

but your generation is quickly vanishing this current of industrialization of death has never happened and the press so that this is one of the reasons why one should not forget that and more than and the thing else were untrue. these arrows from rip being repeated. to market mice not 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 know this very similar to work her in germany in the month in twenty something mountains 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. today people all over the world are commemorating victims of the holocaust using the hashtag we remember as you can see here the german foreign minister is sick mark is for just painting as well as european commission president jiang called younger and many more if you want to find out war about the we remember campaign you can go to our facebook page or follow us on twitter d w news. all right shifting gears here a little bit we're turning now to some tennis news caroline wozniacki has been crowned the women's australian open champion after defeating simona halep in melbourne the dane lead after a nail biting first set went all the way to a tie break before hall of drew level was nakheel the nerve to claim the finals set her first ever grand slam title seven six three six six four the final score roger

federer faces morron challenge in the men's final on sunday and then go to sligo on saturday afternoon table toppers byron munich went on a scoring spree against hoffenheim five different players hit the target for the variance in a five to rout in unix ali on serena including jerome but what tang who headed home half an hour into the game and rb lifes a failed to make strides in their bid for a champions league spot when they could only manage a draw with relegation threatened him bark. is a check now of all this weekend's bundesliga results so far let's check out that table there is that confirmation of the byron win and a draw for life's a shelf that easily handled more excuse me dortmund scored late to draw with freiburg cologne in augsburg got a point each braman battle here to berlin on saturday's late game and on friday frankfurt beat god on sunday will see liberties and neat minds and hanover will

host the spork. to poland now where the protagonist in this next report can't help but stand out from the herd a cow has been making headlines after running away from her farm to join not the circus but a group of bison this especially as she may have been following her heart when she left home. she follows them wherever they go. it's an unusual mix but this brown cow seems perfectly happy with a new family a herd of wild bison. which were had time to start when she joined them she may have been made a dyson and vice and she just like to spoil them so she stayed i think taking away from them would be impossible if you have so they're horrible to talk about been genuine you know but things may become more serious than just frolics in the field if the domestic count gets pregnant it could kill her

a hybrid cow busting cough could be too big for her to give birth to the scene it is it will show you she took that there's a risk that this was pregnant she could die during delivery total jerk. you still have a few months though. which perhaps when the winter is over someone will react properly and catch this show because just by the fact that the risk to her is low it does exist the girls or does it go use these gifts i did not hear. but operate in catch one awake how may not be necessary to roll when the snow is gone the bison will move into the forest and that's not the kind of environment cows like spraying might spell the end of the romans. well venice is getting a head start on this year's carnival season a italian lagoon so they kicked off its calendar of events with the water parade along one of the main canals the full week ahead of the official opening theme of this year's carnival festivities this you guessed it circus hundreds of thousands

of tours are expected to flock to the carnival stronghold which is famous for its masquerade ball. the roof the louvre the. move. and that's made every news here up to date more coming at the top of the hour for now i'm sara harmon in berlin thanks for watching. the d.w. media center. i. find. of it. discovery. video and audio podcast in language courses. in the d w media center at media center junk d w dot com.