this is d w news live from berlin the philippines government values revenge on those behind the deadly bombing of the cathedral at least eighteen people were killed when twin blasts struck during sunday mass the attack follow island which has long been plagued by islamist militants a correspondent has the latest also coming out 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 opposition leader one why don't will they need 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 and for arrested. we did. it to keep notes in each breath until then two groups who took. my manuscripts mackinnon thanks so much for joining me two bombs have exploded as a cathedral in the town of hollow in the southern philippines at least eighteen people were killed and scores of those wounded the first blast occurred during sunday mass sending churchgoers rushing outside where a second bomb detonated the attack on the island of hollow comes less than a week off to voters than ever jetted its and. in

a muslim autonomous area in other parts of the mindanao island group which includes humble the referendum was overwhelmingly approved. writes let's cross straight to our southeast asia correspondent dusty and. other any more details that you can give us about this attack. what 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 some troops also among those victims we know that some victims have been airlifted out of the out of the 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. oh 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 that the filipino authorities are eyeing are the 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 hostage is 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 is a part of the southern philippines that rejected the referendum and these groups if it is in fact the i would say for example these groups stand to benefit from from instability and 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 and you. se asia correspondent thanks so much. but a swale is top military envoy to the united states has turned his back on president nicolas maduro his government saying he recognizes opposition leader as venezuela's interim president and he's urging the rest of the military to follow his example the european union has now also throwing its weight behind and called for fresh elections president maduro have a says his government will not be dictated to by foreign nations but. the e.u. is ultimatum is another boost for one quite knows campaign to oust nicolas maduro brussels has given the incumbent a week to call fresh elections otherwise it will recognize his opponent as president. you know. 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 a sad a different rally government pushed back in strong terms it's a lever you don't have what i don't know so the european union has given us eight days to go to hell when it's all open as well and don't take orders from anyone. yet we have not yet none of the others are doing. this while the military leadership continues to stand by president maduro a high level defection signaled that the army's unity may be fracturing than his way last military attaché in washington announced he was switching sides. today i speak to the people of venezuela and especially to my brothers in the

national armed forces with the goal of recognizing one why do it is the only legitimate president. one word go. so in order to go through the crisis was hotly debated saturday at an emergency session of the u.n. security council called by the u.s. to force the world's powers to pick a side the more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or your leave with. is defying growing international pressure and bolton by russia and china's continued support calling the crisis a u.s. orchestrated coup. but he defused an imminent showdown with washington over his demand for american diplomatic personnel to leave venezuela by sunday extending the window to allow negotiations with u.s. officials. firefighters in brazil south east are warning this another mining dam is at risk of rupturing imminently just two days after

a deadly dam collapse in the same area killed at least forty around three hundred people are still missing after that disaster but hopes of finding more people alive and now fading. scenes of despair and a damn sight. for the families of the missing the wait for news about their loved ones has become simply em bearable. sorrow is also turning into anger this woman's husband is among the missing. but i don't have any news he's not i have seen his phone i'll give you his number and you call him i need an answer i'm desperate my daughter is pregnant and isn't feeling well the police aren't letting me go there why if nobody tells me anything so if he's not fine he has a family some residents accuse authorities in the area of negligence. the

alarm didn't work the only alarm i heard came from my neighbors miles they were yelling. meanwhile rescue workers continue to dig through the mud and debris in search of signs of life dozens of people may still be buried under the waste and hopes to find them alive are fading. it's still unclear what caused the dam to collapse it had passed a safety test just last year it's owner brazil's largest mining company is still facing legal action for another demba in the same region in twenty fifteen. brazil's president a dire both the narrow flew over the devastated area in a helicopter on saturday he said in a tweet that he was hard not to get emotional after seeing the scale of the devastation he said a full investigation will be carried out. now to some of the other stories making

news around the world the warring sides in afghanistan appeared to be pro ching a peace deal u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad tweeted that significant steps had been made with the taliban rebels that's up to six days of talks in the qatari capital doha u.s. troops have been active enough down stone for seventeen years. the u.n. says more than fifty mass graves have been found in the western democratic republic of congo after a spate of killings there it's thought the graves relate back to deadly violence between two ethnic groups that erupted in december an investigation is under way. now today marks holocaust memorial day on this day in one nine hundred forty five soviet troops liberated thousands of prisoners in the concentration camp former prisoners of auschwitz have been placing flowers as an execution rule in the former

nazi death camp where more than a million people were killed the ceremony to honor the victims is planned for later on sunday. we spoke to one woman who managed to escape being sent to the concentration camps and who went on to fight against the nazis as a spy. mob cohen 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. in films and no. two are no jews if it's just that. 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 you're arrested she planned to commit suicide with sleeping pills. as we did take it. vet said two groups who took. her mission was life threatening but she was inspired by her maiden name good luck 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 vance all. very many were murdered but there was also resistance and jews as part of the allied forces defeated the germans that's both inspiring and important and was fished. despite losing loved ones mark cohen found the courage to carry out her mission. her sister was deported and murdered in auschwitz after months fiance a resistance fighter was taken prisoner and shot dead. despite her agony mott 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 tennis now the

world number one novak djokovic has beaten world number two rafael nadal to win a wreck or seven australian open title the serbian took over took just over two hours to complete a three set victory joke of it got off to a flying start winning thirteen of the first fourteen points is domination continued in the second set which he won after losing just two games and there was no relenting in the third set djokovic one six three six two six three it's his third straight grand slam title and the fifteenth of his career. and now some football news up front foot and that they haven't produced another goal fest in the bundesliga both sides were eager to come away with a win the had to settle for a point each brakeman's efforts paid off just under half an hour max made it one nil as he took on the frankfurt defense front set retaliated immediately answer

a bitch schooled the equaliser and his seventh goal of the season braman restored the lead in the fifty second minute but couldn't hold on for firing home from the spot kick off to a brave man handball to all the final school. you're watching news from berlin join my colleague congressman we'll be back at the top of the hour thanks so much for watching. take it personally. with the wonderful stories that make the game so special. truth. more than for. a long time. one hundred years of. joined our photo competition sure those movements impacts your world.