the germans started when thirteen on g.w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin the afghan capital kabul rocks fire a suicide bombing dozens of civilians are killed as they lined up to register to vote in the elections later this year also coming up. the political crisis in armenia al gore sends police detained over two hundred protesters along with three prominent opposition politicians among them is the man who's been leading days of

mass anti-government demonstrations. and germany's social democrats elect their first female leader with far fewer votes than expected as on the day and alice have the support she needs to turn the party's fortunes around. i'm abby chua 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 in the capital kabul a 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 your record bombing i was here with my son who 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. the so-called islamic state claimed responsibility by it's news to it i is 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 santas but this attack is one of several in recent days that underscores 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 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 sarah sarkozy and to resign with critics accusing him of making a questionable power grab and failing to address issues lying 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 dialogue. 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 competition. 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 so. is becoming a leader for life. even. the prime minister's team is not popular amongst the people neither are 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 passing on who we saw in that report why were they taken into custody. if they. have indicated 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 enjoy immunity and in the next 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 republican 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 the 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 army and the legal 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 the streets student strikes workers strikes and just generally creating

a sense of destruction until the situation is resolved ok now sarkozy it has been in power 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 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 make it in a traumatic whether those in power whether the supporters of those in power or who is in 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 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 syrian government forces have been carrying

out air strikes on districts in damascus as groups the targets include the palestinian refugee camp the strikes are part of an operation by the syrian regime to retake the remaining opposition holdouts in or around the capital. 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 russell 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 tariffs across said the u.s. should avoid quote a trade war with allies his comments to fox news come days before a temporary exemption for the e.u. expires akong and is due in washington on monday. germany's center

left social democratic party has elected a woman as leader for the first time and is one hundred fifty five year history and read alice was elected a short while ago at a special conference in the western city of these botton 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 post-war election results last september. the border under the on the. loose has become the new chairwoman of the s.p.d. with a total of sixty six point three percent of votes put said. 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 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 while the black i personally began no sanogo knows this. none 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 simona like the mayor of flensburg mostly unknown until now at the national level one roughly one third of the vote is benoit to order today i am your turn to tell 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. and that call appeared to resonate with many s.p.d.

members the party is politically weak and so is on pay and eyeless with limited political capital to work with someone chinese leader forming and leading her party will be no easy task. one of the world's largest trade fairs has opened here in germany offering glimpses into the future of industrial technology advances in artificial intelligence and automation form a key part of the program at the hanover trade fair which is set to run through this friday. speed is the message at hand over customers want their products delivered faster and they want to be able to customize them that means speeding up production and logistics it's a challenge with global reach the fare is therefore considered one of germany's most important annual events underlined by the attendance of german chancellor angela merkel she was joined by mexican president enrique pena nieto whose country is the partner nation for this year's fair. monica and is it good to the tough to

sit what's your one germany is doing very well economically at the moment your employment rate is as low as ever but i recognise that today's numbers aren't tomorrow's prognosis and therefore it's important that we strengthen our innovative skills services and child and that's the only ones we're in about to once teach cut it off at the can and hand over that innovation translates to automation and machine learning often in the form of robots both require a very fast network that can handle massive data loads in real time building that network known as five g. is another focus at hanover. growing automation means the line between software and hardware is blurring take german software giant s a p they've long written programs to drive business logistics now they're writing software to drive and maintain the actual robots in the warehouse. we can connect to essence you can connect to everything actually right so we get the information from the thing to think and

tell it tell us how it fits how it is so the machine for example can tell us well i might need maintenance navigating this shifting landscape is urgent for businesses around the world but especially those in germany small and mid-sized manufacturers are key to the country's export economy a frequent concern here is that they're not adapting quickly enough another is that more automation means fewer jobs mexico has its own concerns its industrial economy is under threat with questions hanging over the north american free trade agreement now it needs to diversify it hopes hanover will be a good first up. tennis now at the monte carlo masters rafael nadal added two records to his already long list on sunday by beating and she corrie in the final his victory in the final of the first clay court torment of the season marked to thirty first title and the prestigious masters series that's more than

any other player and she corrie was in town from the start as a doll storm to his eleventh when in monte carlo also a record for the spaniard. and watching the news live from berlin on out a quasi more coming up at the top of the hour and then meantime you can always get all the latest from our website at www dot com thanks for watching. i'm going to learn german with w. . any time any place.

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