place. to play bad. this is g.w. news live from berlin the philippines government palace revenge on those behind a deadly bombing at a cathedral at least twenty people were killed when twin blasts struck during sunday mass there's still no claim of responsibility for the attack on island which has long been plagued by his the most militant our correspondent as more. and 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 blunt way built huge rallies are expected in caracas later today as as time of the road protesters ramp up their calls for fresh elections. and on the holocaust memorial day meeting jewish woman who risked everything to spy on the nazis and plant a sleeping pill suicide the rest. would get clique. and killing. each one that. took. place. i'm called assman thanks for joining me two bombs have exploded at a cathedral in the town of holo in the southern philippines at least twenty people were killed and more than one hundred wounded the first blast happened. during

sunday mass it sent churchgoers scrambling outside where a second bomb detonated the attack on the high on the island of comes less than a week after voters there projected its inclusion in a muslim autonomous area in other parts of the mindanao island group the referendum was overwhelmingly approved. our south east asia correspondent boston hartzog joins me now with more boston what else do we know about this attack or we know karl that this wasn't the first time that this particular church was targeted we know as you said that there were two bombs one going off as the mass was going on and then the second one about a minute later near the entrance of the church as the people were fleeing the building and security for forces were coming in to secure the perimeter is now we understand that the majority of the victims are in fact civilians although there are some army personnel among the wounded as well most of the casualties were taken

to the local hospital and holo some however were also airlifted out to zamboanga city which is on the neighboring island of mindanao which is the main island in the southern philippines karl. president. is calling this an act of terrorism but what do we know about who might be behind the bombings. well so far there are no group has claimed responsibility for this attack the filipino authorities however are focusing on one group of several armed islamist groups who operate in that area and that is the. often they're saying that is there's a high probability that it was that group because they believe that it's the only group that has the capability and the means to carry out an attack like that and if that's in fact true then we're dealing with a group that is responsible for many bombings in the past mainly in the southern

philippines but also in other parts of the country and they're also notorious for piracy and for kidnappings for ransom also targeting western travelers in that area and they're known to behead their hostages if the ransom they demand for them isn't paid karo could this attack be linked to last week's referendum on muslim autonomy in the southern philippines. it's a bit too early to tell but the authorities are definitely looking into that. the area where this attack happened sulu province in the southern philippines rejected that autonomy law in that referendum last week and if it's in fact a group like the abu sayyaf who is behind this attack they could benefit from sabotaging this autonomy law and sabotaging this peace deal because they draw their strength from the dissatisfaction among the muslim population in that area dissatisfaction that stems from perceived oppression and perceived injustices and

those are exactly things that this autonomy law and that this peace deal aim to target carol. all right our south east asia correspondent boston heartsick thank you very much. now look at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.n. says more than fifty mass graves have been found in the democratic republic of congo after a string of killings there the graves in the west of the country are believed to be related to deadly violence between two ethnic groups that erupted in december the investigation is now underway. hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have gathered to attend pope francis's world youth day mass in panama city on sunday the service marks the end of the pontiff first trip to central america later today he will also visit a church run home for people living with aids. huge protests are expected today in the venezuelan capital caracas as demands are growing for fresh

elections that's as the country's top military envoy to the united states announced he had turned his back on president nicolas maduro government who say the east silva said he recognizes opposition leader one kwaito as venezuela's in term president and urged the rest of the military to follow his lead the european union is also calling for fresh elections but president enduros says his government will not be dictated to by foreign nations but about. 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 they are. going to be going to go first they are want to do today is to recognize the european union's term steps toward supporting venezuela firm steps in supporting and recognizing the democratic struggle in our country. i'm

going ok i'm going to serve at a different rally majoris 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 go to hell when it's something as well and don't take orders from anyone. yet here you have your own are doing. yes while the military leadership continues to stand by president maduro a high level defection signaled that the army's unity may be fracturing venezuela's military attache 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 guy do as the only legitimate president. they. 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. no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with merger and his may i'm mature as defined growing international pressure emboldened by russia and china's continued support calling the crisis a us 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. rescue teams have suspended their search for survivors of friday's mining dam collapse amid fears that yet another nearby dam could burst in brazil's southeast it comes as the death toll from the collapsed dam robes to at least thirty seven with around three hundred people still missing firefighters have been digging through the debris trying to find survivors but hopes of finding more people alive are fading it's still unclear what caused the down to burst.

now today marks holocaust memorial day on this day in one nine hundred forty five soviet troops liberated thousands of prisoners in the auschwitz concentration camp former prisoners of auschwitz have placed flowers at an execution wall in the former nazi death camp where more than a million people were killed. we spoke with one woman who managed to escape being sent to the concentration camps and then made it her mission 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. the. two are no jews if. just. to

wed. 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 z. creed line on the front with her perfect german skills mark cohen 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 a arrested she planned to commit suicide with sleeping pills. as we did take it and keep. that. took.

keeping. 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 consul this. morning 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 forced to. despite losing loved ones cohen found the courage to carry out her mission. her sister was deported and murdered in auschwitz after say a resistance fighter was taken prisoner and shot dead. despite her agony mott completed her espionage mission. really.

mark cohen wants to tell her story to as many people as possible so this part of history is not forgotten me. too ten is now in the world number one novak djokovic has beaten world number two rafael nadal to win a record seventh australian open title the serbian took just two hours to complete a three set victory joke of each dominated from the start winning thirteen of the first fourteen points and that trend continued in the second set which he won after losing just two games then went up in the third set either joke of it ended up winning six three six two six three it's his third straight grand slam title and the fifteen is probably. our bundesliga now frankfurt's have been strong this season and have a real chance of qualifying for europe so they were hoping for three points against

better braman on saturday to keep that hope alive. frankfurt's look at yoav it just the league's top scorer with thirteen goals and fellow forwards sebastian allaire and 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 actually engaged john making it one nil by. the brain in midfielder displaying his talents as he got the better of three eintracht defenders. have that put the pressure on frankfurt and their attack delivered immediately with a bit pulling the sides level in the thirty fifth minute i'm of the frame in defense caught off guard in the croatian bagging his seventh goal of the season. there i wanted to respond before the break but i guess during could only find the

woodwork. after the restart both sides dug in for a slug fest martin harnick beat frankfurt keeper kevin trapp to put braman back in the lead in the fifty seconds minutes full finish from the austrian international but once again they lost the lead when look big augustine son got called for handball and sebastian allaire fired in the resulting penalty by the frenchman making it to all in the sixty eighth minute but there's an eleventh goal of the campaign. after that both teams had their chances i lay our 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. one over has parted ways with its coach andre brighton right to the news comes a day after his side suffered a five one loss to dortmund i tried to help an over win promotion back into the bonus the last season but the club struggled sense with more than half of the

season gone and over have only one twice their friendly in second to last place. with another relegation a real possibility. you're watching news from berlin we'll have more news at the top of the hour and for updated information around the clock you can head to our web site that's dot com or follow us on twitter that's at d w news thanks for watching. the first economy most of them in doors grand moment arrives. join your reckoning on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary tour of an orangutan returns home on d w don't come to tang's.