far behind the past for the people nice to know what is happening there in our series guardians of truth, watch know on youtube, d. w documentary with ah ah, this is dw use life from villain. pope francis leads palm sunday. mars just a day after leaving hospitals, there have been concerns that the pontiff would not have been well enough to attend to events leading up to easter the most important week and the christian character . also on the program, finland goes to the polls to select a new parliament,

popular prime minister, santa marinez, keeping a 2nd term in office. she is facing a strong challenge from the far right, but she'll tell support us. i'm in to win it and storms tear through several us dates, leaving at least $26.00 tape of dead arkansas declared. an emergency and colds in the national guard after multiple tornado strikes, a trail of devastation. ah . hello monica jones. welcome to the program. pope francis has led to the palm sunday mass in the vatican saint peter's square. just a day after being released from hospital, the 86 year old spent 4 days receiving treatment for about of bronchitis. but he said to be feeling better, some 30000 faithful, crowded into the square for the pontiff address. today's ceremony marks the

beginning of celebrations for the most important week in the christian calendar. and joining me here in the studio now is dw religious affairs correspondent, matching gag mat in good to have you with us. 86 year old pope francis leaving hospital just in time for palm sunday mass. indeed indeed it was. it was, it's quite amazing at the same time delivery, cillian, pope, i think we can say i was very much engage in very much committed, quite clearly to pastoral work. as a matter of fact, i mean, but you can sources were very much interested in letting it be seen that even during his stay at the hospital, he was actually going around and talking to other patients and taking care of business and going to morning prayers. so i mean, he was still very, very engaged. and for the last 2 days, i think we have known or 3 days almost. we have known that even the 1st night he had responded very well to antibiotics. so it was quite clear that the course was

said for him to get us today. and of course, i mean, it would have been quite a blow because this is the 1st palm sunday mass on st. peter's square. since before the pandemic. how important is that for the faithful? it's very important. i think it's very, very important for this pope in particular. so i think that it is safe to say that only dad who is going to miss the opportunity for sorry for the fun. but the fact is that precisely because pastoral engagement is so important for this policy being there at the time in which essentially st. peter, we opens for sunday met 1st and the missouri for eastern mass, which is actually effectively next week. but it was very, very important for this open, very important for his, for his invite for his interaction. right. and we already said it several times. this is a very busy week for the catholic church. what in store for the pope? well, i mean the entire week will be full as order of fact with all sorts of events leading up to sunday mass next week on the 9th. and that is really the moment in which sort of the church shines again,

but the vatican shines again with all the faithful coming in. we're probably going to see bigger crowds than today, which obviously can be quite taxing for an 86 year old. but but again, i mean i think that this is a message that they're you know, bent on sending. right. well d, w religious affairs correspondent martin gawker so good to have in the studio. thank you. thank you again. and in other news now, russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking a furious reaction in ukraine. in his daily address, ukraine's president vladimir cilenzo. he deemed it absurd and called the council a bankrupt institution. he says it ought to be reformed, so as not to allow a terrorist state to disrupt the teeth. philanthropy also called for russia to be held accountable for its actions in ukraine. meanwhile, on the front line, ukraine is managing to hold off russian troops. but civilians are still being urged to evacuate a look now at what people are going through in the city of def car,

which has been left in ruins, driving through the battered streets in the eastern city of div curriculum for police are looking for those very who want to leave, would you put me hard to promote? remember, for the last 4 months, this basement has been home to 73 year old. helena. but she's decided it's time to go. one of the roof doors and his mother was i couldn't take it any more. our house is destroyed and i spent most of the time in the basement muslim living. if toyota, every one is afraid, every one local officials say the town has been almost completely destroyed in recent weeks. this is melissa stoney,

me situation has changed in the past month. since the beginning of march of disco has been under aircraft bombing, and artillery file been area since then, almost all buildings have been destroyed through no one has submitted, his iep will do it in nearby. shes if ya. people working for the charity international lions clubs of abilene, a trying to convince residence to move to safety. adult level who will give us volunteers say many are reluctant to go unless the biggest part of the job is convincing them the evacuation is the easy part backing of deep her. it's an emotional departure for helena. a trained to safety, but far away from the place she calls home. let's take

a look now at some of the other stories making use around the welt. a top, derek from the ukranian orthodox church, has been sentenced to 60 days of house arrest for a legit links to moscow advert. metropolitan pablo is accused of glorifying the invading russian forces and stoking religious divisions. puzzled denies, accusations, and insists the church has broken all ties with moscow since russia invasion. hundreds of fire fighters at the mobilize to tackle a massive forest fire in the center of the south korean capital. so hundreds of residents were evacuated from the effected area as helicopters, battles to prevent the fire spreading. bulgarians have headed to polls for their 5th general election in just 2 years. political parties have struggled to form stable coalitions amid rising inflation as divisions over the war in ukraine. polls suggested another close race between the parties of conservative incumbent boy co boris off and reform as challenger kieran paid color for. parliamentary

elections are underway in finland, where polls are predicting a close race between the 3 main parties. ballard's from early voters are already being counted with a record 40 percent of voters choosing to cast their vote in advance. social democrat, prime minister santa marine is looking to secure a 2nd term in office, which is raising a strong challenge from fire, right? a leader re car poorer and joining us now is and michael poo cannon he is a political analyst from tampa university and editor in chief of the social sciences side political caster. because very good to have you with us. or perhaps you can shed light on why the nationalist fins party who are campaigning on their immigration policy has gauge traction in finland and is actually also participating in the election. why have they become so popular?

thank you for having me. and that's an excellent question. the finance party has been in opposition for the last 4 years where they have benefited from being a sort of ideological come away. the current government which is can be characterized as being sent to left, left is and green. so for them, this has been a good time to be in opposition because they can clearly defined their own agenda against the government, the government coalition. so it has been very helpful, helpful in that sense for them and also because they have adult it's more you could say right wing positions also in terms of economic policy, an economic policy seems to be the leading magic in this election. so they're also very well served in that regard. yeah, you mentioned the economy and there's a lot of talk about fatal and high debt. but let's be honest compared to all that

you members, it's notably low. so why is that such an issue for friends? this is partially a cultural issue that ellen has always considered much like germany, a big problem for its long term economic sustainability. and this particular government has gone through several external crises and it could not really predict or compare against. and that has obviously led to an increase in public spending and for many parties in, on the opposition side that have also position themselves to their rights in terms of economic policy, which are in favor of policy that a smaller state, less public spending and so on. this has been a very interesting moment that they can argue against something that also many political commentators say that probably regardless of coalition government that we having power even more right. when coalition would have probably ended up taking

more debt. as a result of the corona pandemic, and then russia's attack against ukraine, which also hurts finish national economy quite badly. alright. me could put on and political analysts from temporary university because thank you so very much for your time. thank you. in the united states, at least 26 people have been killed in to many more injure to a storm spot of the south and mid west authorities in arkansas have declared an emergency after multiple tornadoes tore through the state. a shredded roof and battered cloth rooms are all the remain of this arkansas high school students here just beginning to come to terms with the damage done by the tornado. i'm a thought more. i've been here since 1st grade and at the school i just, i love it. we have very many traditions that are very proud of the school

and i'm just really sad. oh fact that it's gone, but i know we will come back stronger in. ringback build a better school, keep those traditions going. residence in areas of at least 8 western and southern states were affected by the heavy storms that brought dozens of tornadoes. these devastated towns and cities often leaving bubble in their wake. this is the moment that the deadly storm approached the city of little rock in arkansas and this driver managed to capture the terrifying moment when the tornado hit ground.

with the government has promised assistance to the areas affected as rescue efforts continue measuring the full extent of the damage could take month to day as well to autism awareness day. did all the a caught up with a spanish swimmer and her coach to discover both the challenge is andrew wards that come with being an autistic athlete. julio at hernandez is a swimmer facing a special set of challenges you. oh hi, i'm julio. yeah, i'm 22 years old to us and i have autism dangle our dismal is autism. makes it difficult for her to deal with disruptions to had routine such as overnight stays in hotels, for competitions or bus rides to different venues. but she quickly finds her groove once she gets in the pool under the watchful eye of her coach. what will ye me that a lawyer gives me something that no of

a swimmer can give you. it's really special to see some one with all the problems. and it gives you a feeling that's hard to describe how that went on. it makes my heart full for me. francisco has experience working with the very best in the schools, but julio is a pupil, unlike most of us. when are you any of that would be the i'd been at the top of this feeling world. it was the same letter that i didn't see myself as qualified to work with. someone like julio was julio. oh yeah. but she's now a source of pride and motivation. for me and i thought he all, her talent puts julio among the very best artistic swimmers in spain, with an ambitious coach like francisco behind her, there is no telling where her path might take her. what these for certain problem is that she won't let autism slow her down now that no, yeah, i'm of them. you know? and he is a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour. pope frances has led to palm sunday mass just a day after leaving hospitals following treatment for bronchitis. tens of thousands

of worship is attended the steps and finland is hiding to the poles to elected you government. so said democrat, prime minister, son marinas, hoping to secure a 2nd term in office, but she's facing a strong challenge from the far right. and that's all for me for now. coming up next doc film explores the science of explosives and don't forget this or miss more news on our website. that is d w dot com and our social media handled is ad d de leon. oops. i monica jones from the team. thanks for watching. when you work as an architect, jacqueline, or not at all women in the architecture, why are they so invisible to the larger public? we decided to ask the person, what is the poetry the secret of a house.