this is d w news live from the philippines government two thousand revenge on those behind deadly bombings as a cathedral at least eighteen people were killed when twin blasts struck during sunday mass the attack hit follow island which is long been plagued by islamist militants will get the latest from our correspondent also coming up venezuela's top military envoy to the u.s. breaks ranks with president nicolas maduro and urges the rest of the country's military to back

a position leader one way doe will they meet his cool. and on holocaust memorial day we meet a jewish french woman who risked everything to spy on the nazis finding a sleeping pill suicide if arrested. it. is very difficult to kids who took. time on you tube as mckinnon thanks so much for joining me two bombs have exploded at a cathedral in the town of hollow in the southern philippines at least eighteen people were killed and schools of those wounded the first blast a cold occurred during sunday mass sending church go is rushing outside where a second bomb detonated the attack on the island of hollow comes less than a week after voters there rejected its inclusion in

a muslim autonomy this area and other parts of the mindanao island group which includes although the referendum was overwhelmingly approved. all right let's cross straight to our southeast asia correspondent dusty and. other any more details that you can give us about this attack. but we do know as you said and you know that there were two bombs that exploded in that church or other one inside of the church as that mass was going on and then the other bit later outside probe presumably in the parking lot of the church just as security forces and rescue workers were rushing to the scene to secure the perimeter and to help to help the victims so we know that there were a couple of soldiers posted outside of the church who may be also among the victims most of the victims are civilians but there are some troops also among those

victims we know that some victims have been airlifted out of the out of holo to go which is on the main island in the southern philippines on mindanao and yeah that's it is there any indication yet who might be behind these bombings. well so far no group has claimed responsibility for this attack but there is a number of extremist groups operating in that area however. the main culprit that the filipino authorities are eyeing are a. group which is notorious not only for bombings in the past but also for piracy and for kidnapping for ransom also targeting often targeting foreign nationals at the moment that group is thought to hold at least five hostages one of them a dutch national two indonesian malaysians and a filipino. so that's the group that the authorities think did this also because

they're saying that that's the only group in that area that has the wherewithal to perpetrate such an attack and you know. let's talk about possible reasons could this attack be linked to last week's referendum on and muslim autonomy in the southern philippines. so far it's a bit too early to tell also because there is no clarification yet on who is behind this attack but there is of course a possibility sulu is a part of the southern philippines that rejected the referendum and these groups if it is in fact the i would say off group for example these groups stand to benefit from from instability in the national police chief has said whoever is behind this attack wants to sow chaos and wants to show for so maybe there was to show that there is still a credible threat and also as i said they stand to benefit from instability because as long as the filipino army is putting out fires in other places they have less of they have less forces to concentrate on these groups as well so there is

a reason to believe that in the wake of this of this autonomy law that was passed in that referendum maybe these groups want to destabilize that region something a bit further on the. southeast asia correspondent thanks so much. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today the warring sides in afghanistan appear to be approaching a peace deal u.s. special envoy. tweeted that significant steps had been made with taliban rebels that's off to six days of talks in the qatari capital doha you has troops have been active in afghanistan for seventeen years. the un says more than fifty mass graves have been found in western democratic republic of congo after a spate of killings that it's thought the grades relate back to deadly violence between two ethnic groups that erupted in december an investigation is under way.

and venezuela's top military envoy to the united states has turned his back on president nicolas maduro his government saying he recognizes the opposition leader . as venezuela's interim president and he's the rest of the military to follow his example the european union has also throwing its weight behind and cold for fresh elections president maduro says his government will not be dictated to by foreign nations. the tale of two governments challenge or one laying claim to the presidency while the official government is still in office quite a welcome the european union's move to align itself with the us recognizing him as president unless new elections are called going to be the first thing i want to do today is to recognize the european union's firm steps toward supporting venezuela

firm steps in supporting and recognizing the democratic struggle in our country. during welcome that is different riley the government of president nicolas maduro pushed back in strong terms you don't know what i don't know so the european union has given us eight days go to hell when it's all going as well and just don't take orders from anyone yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah have you ever thought of being. nicolas maduro the government has presided over a collapse of living standards as widespread poverty afflicts the oil rich nation inflation is set to hit ten million percent this year and hunger is widespread blame sanctions the opposition blames him. so you know to vote as the crisis unfolded in caracas the u.n. security council met in new york the u.s. called this meeting to force the world's powers to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or

your leave with his male russia has also warned the u.s. not to intervene militarily and venezuela has china's backing as well that will likely protect me from an armed intervention but as he holds his own rallies he must contend with the threat of even greater sanctions and the political pressure from around the world by. firefighters in brazil warning that another mining town is at risk of rupturing imminently. and the alarm went off early this morning warning of dangerously high water levels that comes after the death toll rose to at least four see from friday's down collapse as a mine in the same area rescue is a searching for around three hundred people who are still missing in that disaster firefighters have been digging through the debris trying to find survivors but hopes of finding any more people or life on now fading it's still unclear what schools the down to best. and he is a but is

a journalist from jenin german public television he's in the region where that disaster is unfolding and we ask him why the dam might have bust. last year a german audit company did give their approval for this mine and for all the security measures taken but apparently it was not enough there had or be already happened now the tragedy three years ago is just one hundred fifty kilometers away from where we are now at this tragedy so it was almost a similar event and it was dramatic as well with the lower death toll so. bali this company is apparently not prepared for. a flood and and a catastrophic like this there were rain falls would have cost we can weaken the dam and there were apparently maybe too much. mud inside of this saying

and so we can still speculate about the reasons but this seemed to be some issues which should be responsible for such a tragedy and minister ice. that was journalist reporting from brazil. now today marks holocaust memorial day on this day in one thousand nine hundred forty five salvia troops liberated thousands of prisoners in the auschwitz concentration camp we spoke to a woman him managed to escape being sent to the camps and went on to fight against the nazis as a spy. maku and is ninety eight years old. but still full of energy. tonight she'll be holding another talk as always her husband major accompanies her she says that in remembering the holocaust one thing is often overlooked. the. two are no jews if. it's.

at the jewish museum in frankfurt she presents her biography and tells what seems like an unbelievable story she a jewish french woman spied on the nazis. in february one thousand nine hundred forty five paris was already liberated but fighting continued at the zeke reed line on the front with her perfect german skills moscow and was a lucky find for military intelligence she may have been just one and a half meters tall but she wasn't easily intimidated using a german alias she crossed the border and pretended to be looking for her fiance near the front the twenty five year old was often fearful but she kept her poise if arrested she planned to commit suicide with sleeping pills. as we did take it. each vet. who took.

keeping. her mission was life threatening but she was inspired by her maiden name. or hope good luck she procured important information about positions on the front courageous actions like these were often insufficiently recognized says museum director miriam. very many were murdered but there was also resistance in jews as part of the allied forces defeated the germans that's both inspiring and important and. despite losing loved ones mark cohen found the courage to carry out her mission. her sister was deported and murdered in auschwitz. see a resistance fighter was taken prisoner and shot dead. despite her agony completed her espionage mission.

mark cohen wants to tell her story to as many people as possible so this part of history is not forgotten. to the bundestag now where frankfurt and braman have had contrast in starts to the season braman started on a high but dropped to mid table while frankfurt climbed from the bottom to the european spots it was always going to be a thrilling and finally balanced affair when they locked horns. frank rich look a year of it still leads top scorer with thirteen goals and fellow forward sebastian allaire and not yet a bitch ready to make their mark against braman. but it was fair to who came out stronger and their efforts paid off after just under half an hour max he is john making it one nil by. the brain in midfielder displaying his talents as he got the better of three i'm shocked defenders.

have that put the pressure on frankfurt and their attack delivered immediately for a bitch pulling the sides level in the thirty fifth minute i am braman defense caught off guard in the croatian bagging his seventh goal of the season i am fit i wanted to respond before the break but it's going could only find the woodwork and i am after the restart both sides dug in for a slug fest martin heinecke beat frankfurt keeper kevin trapp to put braman back in the lead in the fifty seconds minutes cool finished from the austrian international but once again they lost the lead when looked big augustine sun got called for handball and sebastian allaire fired in the resulting penalty i'm the frenchman making it to all in the sixty eighth minute but this eleventh goal of the campaign . after that both teams had their chances misfiring on his cross to yo bitch in

injury time. and that's how it ended with each team coming away from this entertaining clash with one point each. from me again at the top of the hour for more news from around the wells and get a website at steve. thanks so much for watching. sometimes. more exciting than real life. ramming to memory. what if there's no escape. list am under german must treat.