to tell the stories of people who ended up killing. women were first starting research on g.w. . this is live from berlin the afghan capital kabul wrong spine suicide bombing dozens of civilians are killed as they line up to register to vote in elections later this year also coming up. the political price is in our media deep in police detained over two hundred protesters along with three prominent opposition

politicians and among them the men leading days of mass anti government demonstrations. and germany's social democrats their first female leader but with far fewer votes than expected as. the support she needs to turn the party around after years of decline. and welcome to the program we begin in afghanistan were a suicide bomber has killed at least fifty seven people including several children and wounded more than one hundred in the capital kabul the bomber detonated explosives at a voter registration center there are fears 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. most of the victims had come here to collect identity cards so they can participate in elections in asia this year but your mom and you will call the bombing i was here with my son he was wounded and taken to hospital you know what if i counted many dead bodies on the ground right here and others over there of our father father had more particularly. 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. this so-called islamic state claimed responsibility by its news newsweek i is has repeatedly struck the area but authorities believe this attack is a direct his hands 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. police have arrested over two hundred demonstrators in armenia during rallies against the country's government authorities also detained three prominent opposition politicians including nicole passionately on he has been leading the anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet of on the protests have been ongoing for a week now demonstrators are calling on newly appointed prime minister sars sarcastic enter resign with critics accusing him of making a questionable power grab and failing to address issues linked to corruption and the economy. a tenth day of protests on the streets of yet of. their anger

to hard to contain. the political deadlock opposition leader nico pushing in only prepared to discuss circassians resignation . this isn't. these aren't talks. this is an ultimatum and blackmail. you don't have the power you've reported to have. authority and mania has come into the hands of the people . under the glare of the media they're meeting lasted just several minutes prime minister circassian abruptly ended the encounter. just hours later he was detained as he led a demonstration in the armenian capital. that

. this past week parliament in the former soviet republic of just three million people voted to allow circassian to transition from the largely ceremonial post of president which he served two terms to that of prime minister. public anger has grown on what the opposition perceives as a power grab claiming certain is becoming a leader for life. even come on the prime minister's team is not popular amongst the people who need our social and economic policies. resentment has been slowly growing for years. and now it's turned into this huge dissatisfaction. dissatisfaction that the opposition has called the start of a peaceful velvet revolution one they'll continue till their demands are met. we've

got merrick's a ferry and on the line with us he's an independent researcher and yet of on the emini in capital now several opposition leaders have been detained including nicole passé neon who we saw in that report why were they taken into custody. when they. already have indicating for a long time now. face our legal. we're showcasing restraint. that restraint. and number over two hundred protesters have. included all major opposition leaders three of those leaders as you mentioned are in fact members of parliament so enjoy and the next couple of days within seventy two hours. to vote on stripping them of their immunity. and how are you expecting protesters to respond to these arrests will

they just turn out even larger numbers. that was an open question throughout the day there have been regular evening rallies in the central republic square this past week that rally did in fact take place today there were speculation about these interventions or other things but even though the leaders are not available there was a massive turnout estimates range from anywhere between seventy to one hundred and sixty thousand protesters it's hard to say the numbers but in any case it was quite unprecedented in recent armenian illegal history those junior members of the opposition who are rowdy have called on continuing peaceful civil disobedience that has been going on this past week people are meant to go out in the streets and disperse in an essential lies an atheist manner walking streets student strikes were strikes and just generally creating

a sense of destruction until the situation was resolved ok and now sarkozy it has been in power for about a decade and has maneuvered himself to hang on to that power in a new office are these demonstrations do you think a true threat to him or will the government qual any significant opposition that's hard to say there is a tradition of violent intervention by the authorities in the country at the same time the public memory of those interventions are quiet may have been for magic whether those in power whether the supporters of those in power or who is in office isha and everyone agrees that this situation has to and peacefully so i'm afraid it just remains to be seen what will happen next now except ferry an independent researcher from yet a van in armenia thank you you. thank. now to some of the other stories making news around the world four people have been shot

dead at a waffle restaurant near nashville tennessee in the united states several more people were injured in the shooting the gunman was seen wearing nothing but a coat during the attack police say they are looking for a twenty nine year old suspect who is believed to have fled on foot. a service commemorating the liberation of the sachsenhausen concentration camp has been held at the site of the camp soviet and polish soldiers began reaching sox and house and seventy three years ago today more than two hundred thousand people were imprisoned in the camp and tens of thousands of them died there. paraguay is choosing a new president and national elections mario benitez of the ruling conservative colorado party has held a big lead over his closest rival in opinion polls as pro-business party is expected to remain in power but could lose seats in congress. germany

a center left social democratic party has elected a woman as leader for the first time and it's one hundred fifty five year history and then alice was elected a short while ago at a special conference in the western city of these spotted but she faces a huge task in reviving her party's dwindling fortunes the s.p.d. the country's oldest party and traditionally one of its biggest had its worst ever election results last september. the mccord under the. loose has become the new chairwoman of the s.p.d. with a total of sixty six point three percent of puts and. she was likely hoping for a better result on today and i was gonna just two thirds of the vote the second worst result for any incoming s.p.d. leader since world war two. but the outcome is nevertheless a milestone for women in the s.p.d. hoping to reach the party's highest rank. growing kenya many people know the glass

ceiling that women are always faced with today at this party conference we've broken the glass ceiling within the s.p.d. party and it will stay this way ladies and gentlemen. leave again no say no and go no it's. not on this says she wants to reinvent the party she's promising to encourage more firmly on the principles of social solidarity but many within the party say only brand new leaders can assure in dramatic change with some looking to not as challenge. the mayor of flensburg mostly unknown until now at the national level one roughly one third of the vote has been noida or today i am your alternative if you hope for real change within the s.p.d. that way we the s.p.d. can become winners again not just in germany but also in europe. that call appeared to resonate with many s.p.d. members the party is politically weak and so is under ten dollars with limited

political capital to work with someone chinese leader forming and leading her party will be no easy task. just for it's now in sunday's les bundesliga game basement dwellers coloma scored a lake goal to hold second place shall go to a two all draw shaka had a two one lead for almost an hour but then marcel lisa banged in as they tackle or free kick from long range and fortunately for cologne the one point doesn't help them much in their battle to beat the drop darkman leverkusen locked horns on saturday with the hosts looking to bounce back from last weekend's loss to archrivals shall cut the laver cruzan have been in blistering form lately and were gunning for their third when in a row so fierce clashes prospect as both sides have their sights on their place. michael rushmore the armbands i'm uh oh good psystar said as don't know went into this fight but place. the host with dominant from the stuff that's only

a shot reaction from amazon as john stockton son should be putting them in fronts i just a minute later those son should take out his first gold at the professional level. maybe cruise's defense looking somewhat shaky but take nothing away from me which means he was if. the black and yellow is piled on the pressure this fellow christian put a stick on the penalty but was just that was to take the test it was just i just second cup record to say i'm such a cheat i got sick for the next big shot. i pull minutes out of that sublime froogle by good stuff about royce who double dualistic with his cool goal of the season. because you can hardly get out of the tub and not see me a bit but the game beyond the gas in the sixty minutes i. think

was once enough but the woman the brilliant sunshine was set was not to make it. i. thought i would stay pants us to go undefeated home wrecked the remains intact decided made a big step in the direction of the old semantic champions league places i. check out all the results from abundance league as match day thirty one there is that shall call cologne draw to two earlier out spurred defeated minds to nel on saturday dortmund belled laver couzin as spanking by scoring four unanswered goals how to berlin put another dent and frankfurt's european hopes while hof and higher and beat up on leipzig five to byron bay at hanover down braman hamburg pulled out a win against freiburg which gives them some hope and the relegation battle and rewinding to friday gladbach defeated wolfsburg three nil. i'll take

a quick look at the table with all of the weekend's games and they can dortmund and hoffenheim take important strides in the battle for europe laverick reason and leipzig both move down a notch and in the bottom half wolfsburg minds and freiburg are still nowhere near safe while hamburg and cologne are running out of hope fast and watching the elven is live from berlin and i have a quote on some more coming up at the top of the hour thanks for watching. the. first monday of germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and have something him to his senses and we must overcome it. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters g.w. made for mines.