this is news live from berlin the afghan capital kabul rocked by a 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 crisis in armenia worsens the police detained over two hundred protesters along with the reprogramming the opposition politician among them is the man who's been leading days of mass anti-government demonstrations. and germany's social democrats the

lack there first female leader both far fewer votes than expected as andre and dollars have the support she needs to turn the party's fortunes around. and welcome to the program we begin in afghanistan where a suicide bomber has killed at least fifty seven people including several children and wounded more than one hundred people 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 later 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 father father cried 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 via its news nitwit i s 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 under schools the concern for security leading up to the poll. 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 passion ian he had 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 ministers sarah sarkozy and to 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 on. their anger to hard to contain. the political deadlock opposition leader need. only prepared to discuss circassians resignation. this

isn't. these aren't talks. this is an ultimatum and blackmail. if you don't have the power you've reported to have. authority in armenia 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 . looking. just hours later. was detained as he led a demonstration in the armenian capital. baghdad . 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 searched is becoming a leader for life. even. 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 cooled 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 nickel

on who we saw in that report why were they taken into custody. if they. have indicating for a long time now. base our legal. we're showcasing restraint. that restraint. and number of over two hundred protesters have. included all major opposition leaders three of those leaders as you mentioned are in fact members of parliament so they enjoy immunity and in the next couple of days within seventy two hours the. 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

republics where 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 history those junior members of the opposition who 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 wise and tedious manner walking streets student strikes workers strikes and just generally creating a sense of destruction until the situation is resolved ok now sarkozy it has been empower for about a decade and has maneuvered himself to hang on to that power

a new office are these demonstrations do you think a true threat to him or will the government quality 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 make it happen for magic whether those in power whether the supporters of those in power or who is an opposition everyone agrees that this situation has to and she slowly so i'm afraid it just remains to be seen what will happen next now ferri an independent researcher from yet yvonne in armenia thank you you. thank. now 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 others were injured in the shooting

a customer rustled the assault rifle away from the gunman who was wearing nothing but a coat police say they're looking for a twenty nine year old suspect who is believed to have fled on foot. french president emanuel mccall has urged his american counterpart donald trump to spare the european union from steel and aluminum terrible call said the u.s. should ovoid a quote trade war with allies of his comments to fox news come days before a temporary exemption for the e.u. expires across is due in washington on monday to. a service commemorating the liberation of the vaccine house and concentration camp has been held at the site of the camp soviet and polish soldiers began reaching sachsenhausen seventy three years ago today more than two hundred thousand people were imprisoned in the camp and tens of thousands of them died there. germany's center left social democratic party has elected a woman as a leader for the first time and its one hundred fifty five year history and when

the alice was elected a short while ago at a special conference in the western city of these but she faces a huge task and 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 post war election result last september. down the border under the un model and they are now loose has become the new chairwoman of the s.p.d. with a total of sixty six point three percent of votes put said. with a she was likely hoping for a better result on today and now is 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 below zero in 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 or say no and go north this. not only 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 challenger simona long as the marrow flensburg mostly unknown until now at the national level one roughly one third of the vote. even though i don't know you today i am you'll turn to 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 cole appeared to resonate with many s.p.d. members the party is politically weak and so is under the analysis with limited political capital to work with some which i'm usually reforming and leading her

party will be no easy task. to sports now in sunday's late game basement dwellers coloma scored a late goal to hold second place to a two all draw shaka had a two one lead for almost an hour but then marcel these banged in as spectacular free kick from long range unfortunately for cologne the one point doesn't help them much in their battle to beat the drop of blood as they go witness a spectacular tie on saturday between rb leipzig and hoffenheim both teams still have qualification for european competition next season firmly within their sights in their last encounter leipzig suffered its biggest one this league defeat today the result an embarrassing for nell as it turned out there was more of the same in this encounter. so the fight hoffenheim to within touching distance of the champions league places so it was no surprise to see that 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 leads left with a simple finish to mark his return from suspension. night six certainly one making life easy for themselves caught in possession and gnabry doesn't miss chances like this i miss his seventh goal in as many games. dominance even the defenders wanted to get in on the act of a cottage on 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 send her off to his active petulance and not being awarded a foul. and though the host pulled the go back through substitute now became the missile base with help from the hoffenheim. any joy was very short lived because the visitors went straight up the other range in his second of the game a toss up which of the two was easier to school. but six defense was non-existent

because maybe five. at least the home attack was fairing slightly better as i'm only looking in scale setting up a late consolation for die of the macondo five two it finished you did not go in and getting another one over on haas and hurt so. i said if we lost our champions league chances would be over we have three games left and eight nine points if we get less it'll be tough. to go in with that's now eight sleek games unbeaten for hoffenheim they have the momentum quite sick seem to be in freefall. now let's check out all the results from the bun this league has matched a thirty one there's that shall cut call on drop to two earlier outs for defeated minds to nel on sat. dortmund dealt laver couzin as spanking by scoring four on the hansard goals and put another dent in frankfurt's european hopes hof and haim beat

up on live sig five to byron beat hanover washed down braman hamburg pulled out a win against freiburg which gives them some hope in the relegation battle and rewinding to friday gladbach defeated wolfsburg three nil and watching deal in his life from berlin. thanks for joining us. you accidentally shed some light to get. into trouble. spending time in the field. can you get out. with hidden code oh in syria. this week on d w. freedom of expression. of value that all the ways has to be defended in you. all over the world.