there into. the studio in 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 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 but with far fewer votes than expected as i have the support she needs to turn the party's fortunes around. amount to quote awesome 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 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 five are fed up of water if you don't have to double. check 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 to it 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 poll. nicaraguan

president daniel ortega has announced he's scrapping controversial pension reforms that have sparked days of anti-government protests and looting activists say at least twenty five people have been killed in the central american country this week as thousands of people took to the streets or take out proposed reforms whatever increase social security contributions for workers and lowered pension payments the government introduced the measures to reduce a growing budget deficit. 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 has been leading anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet of on a protest have been ongoing for a week now demonstrators are calling on newly appointed prime minister has the end to resign with critics accusing him of making

a questionable power grab and failing to address issues linked to corruption and the economy. a sea of peaceful protesters in the center of yet of. thousands of armenians united in anger at the end of a tense day of demonstrations. earlier on sunday the situation was far more turbulent. political deadlock opposition leader pushing me and only prepared to discuss circassians resignation. this isn't dialogue. these 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

their meeting lasted just several minutes prime minister circassian abruptly ended the encounter. just hours later he called pushing in was detained as he led to a demonstration in the armenian capital going to run. 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 not what the opposition perceives as a power grab claiming said circassian is becoming a leader for life. the opposition has called the protests the start of a peaceful velvet revolution one they say will continue till their demands are met

. absent the other stories making news around the world early results show that conservative mario beneath has as one paraguay's presidential election the candidate from the ruling colorado party has a comfortable lead on his main rival has promised to promote investment and tackle corruption in the major soy producing a condom me. french president emmanuel mccall has urged his american counterpart donald trump just spare the european union from steel and aluminum tariffs across said the u.s. should avoid a quote trade war with allies his comments to fox news come days before a temporary exemption from the e.u. expires the call is due in washington on monday. germany's center left social democratic party has elected a woman as leader for the first time and its one hundred fifty five year history and ran alice was elected earlier at

a spot in one of its biggest had its worst post-war election result 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 votes put said. 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. i feel if no one can and yet 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 on. leave again or sanogo us 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 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 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 similar to in the asli reforming and leading her party will be no easy task. to united kingdom now one town is tackling the global problem of plastic pollution by starting with its own coastline researchers warned that plastic clogging up the world's oceans could fundamentally alter

a key ecosystems reason enough for the town of penzance to get serious about cleaning up its act. it's a modern day menace but in penzance in cornwall the trying to turn back the tide of plastic half the town has turned out to pick up rubbish washed up by the sea the rallying cry let's clean up our beach and let's. see pics of plastic bags and maybe don't put it back it's not in it. it's all got to go but it's not that easy. i'm really quite sure but the the tiny bit is that i found the a not so much the big stove because you can see that but you move the ac when you're not in there and then you know there's a bit there and. some of the bed and every time i pick up a piece of plastic i think i'm possibly saving the life of a fish or a bird or something in the environment so that makes me feel quite good the turnout

for this spring clean is higher than ever penzance is defending its try told the u.k.'s first plastic freetown awarded in twenty seventeen for the whole town not just the beach that is a never ending task as soon as they clear it the sea washes up more plastic rachel yates from service again sewage is a veteran campaigner. to work with the community say to link with community groups either working on similar things or to get community groups to think about their use of single east plastic it within that we work with schools so we've rolled out plastic free schools in almost every school in the area giving up plastic whenever possible the town council has joined forces with residents and local businesses but there are limits to what can be done and sense may be leading the way but others are still far behind unfortunately some of our oil from abroad and we often go in and control on how the package we're dealing for example with the strawberries with

. packing in paper chips to be. each is once again clear of plastic the title is safe and now while it's fun there's also a serious purpose a plastic freetown the role model for a plastic free britain and the sooner the better. 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 peña nieto whose country is the partner nation for this year's fair the other monica and is it good to the tufted to sit what's your own germany's 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 this is a child and that's the only ones we're in about to once teach cut it off. 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 one over will be a good first. tennis now at the monte carlo masters rafael nadal added two records to his already long list on sunday by beating kylie she kero in the final

his victory in the final of the first clay court tournament of the season martin thirty first title in the prestigious masters series that's more than any other player he she corrie was in town from the start as nidal stormed to his eleventh win and monte carlo also record for the spaniard. the second leg of the air race world championships took to the sky over a can in the south of france this weekend pilots maneuvered their way through gates at top speeds of over four hundred kilometers per hour american pilot michael came out on top setting a new track record of fifty seven point one seconds it's the first time the event has taken place in france. and what a spectacle it was for the fans on the ground to enjoy. the air watching the news i'm not because then i don't forget you can get all the latest information on our website anytime that's d.w.

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