this is g.w. news live from bali the afghan capital kabul rocks apply a suicide bombing dozens of civilians are killed as they line up to register to vote in elections later this year and also coming up the political crisis in all media deepens police detained over two hundred protesters as well as three prominent opposition politicians among them the man leading days of mass anti government demonstrations. and germany social democrats elect their first female leader about with paul fewer votes than expected does the candidates have the support she needs to turn the party around after years of decline.

from helena humphrey thanks for your company in afghanistan a suicide bomber has killed at least fifty seven people including several children and wounded more than one hundred in the capital kabul while my detonated explosives as a voter registration center afghans are concerned such attacks could prevent elections from going ahead later this year. it was around ten am local time sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd outside a voter registration center in. schools died instantly dozens more were injured the hour if most of the victims had come here to collect identity cards so they can participate in elections later this year but your mom and you will quote a bombing i was here with my son was wounded and taken to hospital you know that is

what i counted many dead bodies on the ground right here and others over there of our father father had more to ask you don't just give of a little girl your child my three brothers and i were all injured we had come to get our id cards the only thing we want from this government is a peaceful country. and what does. the so-called islamic state claimed responsibility by its news nature it i as has repeatedly struck the area but authorities believe this attack is a direct attempts to inhibit the country's election process afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections in october the government has added police and military troops to protect polling centers but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores the concern for security leading up to the pole. in armenia police have arrested over two hundred demonstrators during rallies against the country's government of already has also detained three prominent opposition

politicians including nichol a passionate man he has been leading the anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet a run on the missing ten consecutive days of protest since prime minister says sarkozy and took office he had just the ten year term as president protesters have been demanding he step down. well joining us now is not accept an independent research in yet a van the capital of armenia not a protest as have called for a large rally in the center of yet a valid what is happening there. the rally began moments ago and at present it is being addressed by junior members of the political party some of them led by me russian you know all the major opposition figures have been detained or arrested and these union members are calling on the people to continue with peaceful civil disobedience they have set certain hours starting at eight

fifteen in the morning until ten pm at night they're calling on people to take to the streets block roads and move from place to place in the centralized manner and continue on until the situation is result well that it today has seen many protests practices being arrested in fact so how much of a threat does the government pose to those out on the streets it's very difficult to say because there is a family member here in this country of why violent clashes between the authorities and demonstrators in particular ten years ago on march the first two thousand and eight when mouth prime ministers their psyches on first became president but also another incident that followed also i have continued to call for nonviolent actions whether those in power or those in office vision it continues to be an unstable situation in any case and help us understand the background to what have they said

why is it that at this stage we've seen demonstrations flare up and people come so angry with the prime minister right now. indeed there is general discontent and this is with all of this in the country more often than not boards are i guess a voting process as are perceived as not free and fair this time particularly with a new constitution the former president initiated. a serious artist that explicitly promised not to take on of your ship rule again so now as prime minister he's essentially taking on a third term power and this has caused great rival across much of the population. safadi and an independent research in yet evan thanks for the update and here. now to some of the other stories making news around the world four people

have been shot dead as a waffle restaurant in nashville tennessee several more people were injured in the attack the gunman was seen wearing nothing but a coat during the attack police say they're looking for a twenty nine year old suspect who is believed to have fled on foot. in china seventeen people have drowned during a boat race practice on the revenue the city of we need an official say media said to drag a boat packed with paddlers overturned in an area of the river where the current was strong local media also says the paddlers were not wearing life jackets. and nicaragua a journalist has been shot dead while broadcasting live on facebook he was reporting on a wave of anti-government protests that reportedly left at least twenty people today it thousands have taken to the streets in recent days over those changes to the pension system. images of the unrest that has rocked

the central american nation of nicaragua for days now police using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. the violence erupted as nicaraguans took to the streets in an unusually direct challenge to president danielle ortega's rule. that protesting a proposed change to the social security system forcing workers and employers to pay more towards the retirement system as the funeral service was held for one of those killed in managua there were renewed calls for the government to act. violence doesn't bring anything good here we have a fifteen year old student who's been killed blood which has been spilt unjustly. we believe that the government needs to stop this violence. the country will not go anywhere with such violence against our youth. who are. in a televised address president ortega has sought to defuse tensions saying the

changes were not due to take effect until july and that there was time for the government and the private sector to negotiate. but the important thing is to get this agreement for consensus call is to the family of nicaragua to all nicaraguans to keep the peace. process. little league it was. but nicaraguan business leaders have rejected his comments they say the government missed first and the police repression of the protests and the violent confrontation that has already claimed so many lives. germany center left social democratic party has elected a woman as leader for the first time in its one hundred fifty five year history on the candidates was elected a short while ago at a special conference in the question city of the spartans she won sixty six percent

of the vote beating isn't want to langer the man of the city offends book forty seven year old carlos faces a huge task in reviving a party's dwindling fortunes s.p.d. had its worst ever election result just last september. and that s.p.d. party conference for us is all political correspondent thomas thomas dollars the first woman to lead the s.p.d. how significant is that. it is indeed significant because we're talking here about a party described as the oldest in germany and also because knowledge is a very important task a very important challenge ahead of namely to push the renewal of a party that has suffered a lot in recent months has gone from one crisis to the next it is also important if you look at germany's political spectrum because knowledge is not the only woman now leading a party we've got four women in germany why the need for kohli political parties so

it is significant that knowledge has been chosen for a wide variety of reasons all right sixty six percent of the vote that is what she's taking from her party how convincing is that. it shows first and foremost are not everyone is happy with this and everyone believes that she will be able to push the paci forward so from dr spektor for her it is not necessarily. a fantastic result but on the other hand i don't think yesterday i was expecting another one hundred percent which was what martin short of former leader had that one hundred percent which was at first a dream quickly turned into a nightmare for the us b.d.'s it then how did worst result in the german elections so from doc respect if it is certainly possible and certainly a bit more realistic if you will instead of having high hopes and their knowledge now has to work and try to unite the party and try to make clear what the party

stands for and how they plan to achieve what the party stands for well let's be realistic social democratic parties across europe has faced existential crises in recent years any chance now that knowledge can revive social democracy in germany and potentially in europe. will be to try and revive social democracy in germany but some of the challenges that social democracy facing in germany are also challenges that other parties around europe face and that's something that we clearly saw here today by the way the social democratic parties are facing a very important question namely what they stand for some of the voters that traditionally voted for the social democratic parties have now gone elsewhere so the challenge is that knowledge are also challenges that all the parties share right thomas spyro political correspondent at the s.p.d. conference in these biden good to talk to. in the disney guest sunday's match so i spoke take all three points against

strugglers minds michel yannick record it put out front shortly before half time and alfred finn bogus and made it to nail in the ninetieth minute to guarantee the home side all three points have now secured their survival but might still remain in danger of relegation. well the wind is legal witness a spectacular tie yesterday between abhi light seek and hoffenheim both teams that still have qualification for european competition next season firmly within their sights and in their last encounter leipsic suffered its biggest blunders they get a feat today the results an embarrassing for nail as it turned out there was more of a say in this encounter. serge gnabry scolds the fired hoffenheim to within touching distance of the champions league places so it was no surprise to see the by lonely in the thick of the action once again he started the move which ended in march stopping the visitors into a fourteen minute lead left with

a simple finish to mount his return from suspension. nights exactly when making life easy for themselves caught in possession and napper a doesn't miss chances like this. i base his seventh goal in as many games of hindsight dominants even the defenders wanted to get in on the act of a cottage our back scoring his first ever been to sleep to go. problems galore for light six roughhousing heard so and they multiplied after the break and no forced back was sent off to his active petulance and not being awarded a foul. and though the host pulled the go back through substitute nappy kates then it's a bit of help from the hoffenheim keeper and he joy was very short lived because the visitors went straight up the other range in his second of the game a toss up for which of the two was easier to school. but six defense was non-existent because rook made it five. at least the home attack was fairing

slightly better that i'm only looking in scale setting up a late consolation for die of the macondo five two it finished you do now goldman getting another one over on haas and herself. i said if we lost our champions league chances would be over we have three games left and the nine points if we get less it'll be tough. to go in with that's now eight league games unbeaten for hoffenheim they have the momentum whitesnake seem to be in free fall. on the second leg of the air race world championship tipped to the skies over a can in the south of france this weekend pilots mini's it their way through the gates. top speeds of over four hundred kilometers per hour american pilot michael gurian came out on top setting a new track record of fifty seven point one seconds as the first time event has taken place in france and what a spectacle it was for the fans on the ground to enjoy.

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