great i think it's only the beginning of this song. machine's starting february first. the state of the news coming to you from berlin a massive suicide bombing rocks kabul officials there say at least ninety five people are dead more than one hundred fifty others a wounded also coming up german police shut down a huge kurdish demonstration in cologne to protest intervention in syria.

also ahead remembering the holocaust survivors and their families have gathered at the for more on which death camp to mark international holocaust remembrance day it comes amid warnings of rising anti semitism in europe. and we'll meet. 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 and thanks for joining 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 the suicide bomb attack 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. i was sitting in my shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows shattered. the 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 contrary we asked him how people in afghanistan are coping. 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 because if it is one of the serious attacks which happened here for the people we talked to on social media as well everyone is really sad and 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 they believe that the afghan government does 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 they say that probably is under siege but it is not only called but as a whole 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 yesterday was in kandahar and today as well i think in one of the thousand provinces as well so it is actually the total failure of 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 the end 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. that was journalist talk here gerry speaking to us earlier from kabul police in the german city of cologne have broken up a demonstration by coroners who are protesting turkey's offensive on cornish fighters in syria authorities decided to shut it down after protesters refused to stop waving flags that showed band symbols security was tight at the protest with fears that violence could break out between kurds and turks who support the

military operation for president russia temporarily one has criticized german authorities for allowing kurdish protest on not committing turkish pro-government election crowds. a kurdish demonstrators had hoped their protests would draw attention to the human cost of turkey's military operation in northern syria many of them have friends and family there and say they fear for their lives. they came from across germany united against a turkish military offensive in the kurdish held for him. this is going to her family or from the affected area is that the civilians are being killed the murder and hatred have to stop it's not rice it's. turkish troops and syrian fighters have led a week long offensive in raging german kurds the use of tongues made in germany has added to their anger. and this is especially and this is why is that so full to

know that my own government is providing weapons that are being used against my people. but. good a stern was born in germany it's her home but her thoughts are very much with her family and friends her friends and relatives have been following every development on the news. communication with them has been difficult. there's no connection directly there's a mailbox on the rest of us with guns non-doctor diligence rise on the border what we can see into turkey. the troops also have other weapons it's not only. they've been shot it can hardly leave their heads. for their life. for in two years ago with his father and two sisters his mother was too ill to join them she stayed behind with his two younger siblings and out location with german immigration authorities for the family to be reunited was denied

a few days ago the family's home and was bombed. in the morning from turkey landed in her bedroom. brother was asleep and my sister was playing on her mobile phone. of a mother who was also asleep. brother was killed instantly his sister lost both her legs and remains in intensive care along with her mother who was seriously injured. at first i couldn't believe my brother had been killed. he was seventeen years old and just a civilian he. wasn't a fighter. he was just a regular person of. the families are still in shock. they spend a lot of time looking at photos and videos by their neighbors in syria.

and libya most of all i live here but i want to be able to visit my family i want to see them alive i'm not. the hasn't been to our friend for many years before the war started in syria she spends her holidays helping with the all of the harvest those days are a distant memory now the chances of being peacefully of home with her family once again appear almost impossible. a look now so the other stories that are making news around the world saudi arabian billionaire prince. waleed bin talal has now been released from detention this comes more than two months after he was confined to a luxury hotel and what the kingdom called a crackdown on corruption prominent businessman was accused of money laundering bribery extortion charges he's denied. protesters have

clashed with police in honduras after the country's president was sworn in for a second term juan orlando a nando's was narrowly were elected in november after the supreme court ruled he could pull out again the opposition do not accept the result and accuse the government. or the world's been marking international holocaust remembrance day it's observed every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp in one thousand nine hundred five auschwitz has become a symbol of the wartime nazi genocide of jews and others today is the site of the main commemoration this year it falls on the jewish sabbath causing it to be held after sunset. they gathered to remind the most not happened again.

round but a sound of prayers participants remember the perished. on a she some of them almost died here in auschwitz themselves in stripes casts that resemble their prison this uniform some of them recall how they've barely escaped but as a standstill i was selected to be taken to the crime atory i'm twice the first time i survived because i had swallowed a diamond so the bribe god wouldn't kill me to get. my. the second time i survive kind. george she had me in a stove where i stayed for almost two hours. i believe it's. she survived six million jews during the second world war to not. this is block eleven here is what prisoners called the death war where executions

took place. on. those alife were forced to live under the worst conditions. the survivors were eventually freed by the soviet threat on me on the twenty seventh of january nineteenth and five. it's a day not only they will remember forever. but the whole world. over decades holocaust survivors have played a central role in teaching younger generations well the horrors of the nazi genocide did up and met with ninety five year old weisner in washington d.c.

she's working to uphold the memory of the victims. margaret meissner was born in spoke austria and traced impractical slovakia's in one thousand thirty four the growing anti semitism in her city became more and more not in simple so markets matter center to paris and joined a year later. but the influence of the masses was soon felt in france as well. one day markets mother received a letter so i went to the police station with her and us the were you taking your since none of your business go and where you. go 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 all this we were groomed to be. in spirit but you see only here so good luck good friends who helped. and the exactly three years of my brother. that's the. market 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 her generation is quickly vanishing this current of industrialization of death

has never happened and the players 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 start these issues have gained a new sense of urgency in today's highly volatile political climate. certainly some of. the moves of the american government right now it's very similar to work her in germany in the month in twenty's and the 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. and you'll find more on holocaust remembrance day and rising anti-semitism here in germany on our website including the story of oscar a teenager living in berlin was boyd and attacked by his classmates for being jewish you can find that film on our website dot com. that's all from us thanks for watching news and have a great weekend. meant . to get your favorite scene sleeve all the best golds we've got all the action. is the whole german football shared experience every match. the fund is legal the weekend here told you. access to education and

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