this is the news line from berlin the philippines government balance revenge on the attackers 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 the island which is long been plagued by islamist militants also coming up hopes are fading for more than three hundred people missing since friday's dam disaster in brazil at least forty people have been confirmed.

i'm calling aspen welcome to the program 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 island of holo 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. what else do we know about this attack. well 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 in 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 carl 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. area where this attack happened sulu province in the southern philippines rejected

that autonomy law in the referendum last week and if it's in fact a group like the abu sayyaf was 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 this peace deal aim to target carol all right our south east asia correspondent boston heartsick thank you very much. a state court in brazil has blocked more than a billion euros in assets belonging to the mining company valley in order to pay for damages from friday's dam disaster at least forty people are confirmed dead after the incident and three hundred more are still missing hopes of finding survivors are fading fast. scenes of despair and a damn sight. for the families of the missing the wait for news about their loved

ones has become simply am bearable. sorrow is also turning into anger this woman's husband is among the missing. watching i don't have any news he's not i've seen his phone i'll give you his number and you call him i need an answer i was desperate my daughter is pregnant and is not feeling well the police aren't letting me go there why if nobody tells me anything if he's not find 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. rescue teams have now been forced to suspend their search for survivors i meet fears yet another dam nearby in a breach of thor it is have been evacuating the area meanwhile dozens of people may

still be buried under the mud and debris after friday's burst and hopes to find them alive are fading. it's still unclear what caused the dam to collapse it had passed safety tests just last year its owner brazil's largest mining company valley is still facing legal action for another dam burst in the same region in twenty fifteen. brazil's president gyre both an arrow who flew over the devastated area in a helicopter on saturday said you know tweeted that it 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 the other stories making news around the world a blast in the netherlands has caused the front of houses in the hague to collapse emergency services have recovered at least two injured people from the rubble so far and are continuing to search the wreckage police suspect it was

a gas explosion. opponents of the yellow vests protest movement in france have held a counter demonstration in paris hundreds took part in the rally to condemn violence during the ongoing protests the yellow vest movement grew out of opposition to french tax and social policies. the un 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 the deadly violence between two ethnic groups that erupted in december and invent investigation is underway. pope francis has delivered mass to thousands of worshipers at the world youth day in panama city service marks the end of the pontiff first trip to central america he also commented on the recent upheaval in venezuela urging a peaceful solution to its political crisis. now in venezuela itself huge protests are expected today in the capital caracas as demands grow for fresh

elections meanwhile the country's top military envoy to the united states has announced he's turning his back on president nicolas maduro government and recognizing opposition leader one guy dole as venezuela's in term president he's urging the rest of the military to follow his lead the european union is also calling for fresh elections but president says his government will not be dictated to by foreign nations but if. 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. i think you know maybe due to 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. i don't

think i'm going to serve at a different rally. madeira is government pushed back in strong terms it's a lever you don't have what i gather i don't know so the european union has given us eight days go to hell when it's not then as well and don't take orders from anyone. yet not every year none of the other however. yes while the military leadership continues to stand by president maduro a high level defections signaled that the army's unity may be fracturing that his way less military attache in washington announced he was switching sides. yes today i speak to the people of venezuela and especially to my brothers in the national forces with the goal of recognizing one guy do as the only legitimate president. one would go so you know to vote 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 has made i'm mature as defined growing international pressure and building 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. that are now today marks holocaust memorial day on this day in one thousand nine hundred five soviet troops liberated thousands of prisoners in the auschwitz concentration camp former prisoners of place flowers at an execution wall in the former nazi death camp where more than one million people were killed. since the end of world war two there's been

a passionate debate in germany about how best to remember the holocaust and. joins me now with more on that pablo of course it's a painful subject but how is the holocaust dealt with here in germany well holocaust memorial day is being marked here in germany since one thousand nine hundred ninety six in fact and there's for people like us who live in germany we know that this is a topic that does come up from time to time and in my experience it's never really been. avoided by by any means that there's a heavy focus here in the education system at talk about world war one and particularly the nazis and world war two on the holocaust and of course there's many concentration camps throughout germany that are open to the public and in fact the recent figures have shown this has been an increase in the number of visitors to those concentration camps now we're just seeing here am an image of the berlin holocaust memorial of course which is right downtown here in berlin not too far actually from the parliament and you know the brandenburg gate and the tear garden so a lot of people have well passed by this on a daily basis now also there is

a concern amongst. well i. the german foreign minister and he wrote a column in today's develop saying. it's very important fear is a culture of remembrance and that it's not crumbling this is amid the pressure from the extreme right in germany said the schoolchildren needed new approaches that they not only remember the crimes of nazi germany but also learn present day lesson lessons from them and just yesterday german chancellor angela merkel said that it was germany's responsibility to show tolerance towards an a phobia and all forms of anti semitism. what extent is anti-semitism is on the rise in germany and across europe what's going on there well just in the past several days in fact the german far right party alternative for germany the a.f.d. they staged a walkout from the bavarian parliament during

a service to remember holocaust victims after they've been accused before of playing down the crimes of nazis and of course it comes as no surprise considering the parties co-leader said that the period was espec of who in more than one thousand years of successful german history so you know comments like that causes a lot of emotion and anger amongst many people and let's not forget that the f.t. is actually the third largest party here in germany and that we're seeing an image here this was an attack on a jewish cemetery in france in fact and in a study carried out just several months ago seven countries in europe it was found that one in twenty of those people had never even heard of the holocaust which is quite shocking. this study revealed many other shocking things that you know one third of european said that they lived they knew actually little or nothing all out all about the holocaust so of course this comes at

a time when people are remembering the atrocities of the holocaust so bring information there. thank you very much. to tennis now in the world number one novak djokovic has beaten world number two bra feel nidal to win a record seventh australian open title it took the serbian just over two hours to complete his three set victory djokovic got off to a flying start winning thirteen of the first fourteen points the dollar had cruised on his way into the final but struggled in this one especially with djokovic has served the end which won six three six two six three it's his third straight grand slam title and the fifteenth is probably. our let's take a look now at the buddhist legal results so far this weekend byron munich had no trouble with stuttgart as you can see bremen frankfurt ended in

a two two draw the leaders dortmund demolished on over five one of two albums berg nothing oftentimes scored for to take down freiburg minds over nuremberg leverkusen beat volves berg and on friday drew with charlotte a suit to underway right now we have dusseldorf against leipsic. watching the news more the top of the hour. the music so long it gets an update.