he will need to know what is happening there are ceilings, guardians, of truth watch know on youtube dw documentary. ah ah, you're watching the news. why? but from berlin, a deadly blast rocks a cafe in rushes, st. petersburg, russian. investigators say the explosion killed a well known military blogger and wounded many others. also coming up on the show poles have closed in finland, parliamentary elections,

the popular prime minister at santa marina, seeking a 2nd term in office. but she's facing a strong challenge from the far right or bringing the latest as results come in. plus cleanup operations get underway. after storms batter several us states killing at least a $27.00 people. arkansas declares an emergency and calls in the national guard after multiple tornadoes leave a trail of destruction. ah hello, i'm clare richardson. thank you so much for joining us. we begin with some breaking news coming in. there has been an explosion at a cafe in st. petersburg, russian investigators save the blast, killed a well known military blogger. glad lin tarkey. the task news agency has cited law enforcement sources saying the blast was, and i'm quoting here,

caused by an improvised explosive device hidden inside a statue given to, to tarkey as a gift. one more than a dozen other people were also reportedly injured. let's go straight across to get these correspondent jennifer palka. joining me from rico where dw has been operating since we were banned from russia. jennifer, what more do we know about this explosion so far? well, there was this explosion in this st. petersburg cafe called st wood bar number one, and as a result, one person was killed and 25. others were wounded. 19 of them were brought into a hospital and 4 are in critical condition. the cities, emergency services said that there was a loud plopping noise, but now no subsequent fire in the cafe. according to russian media, out at front duncan, the cafe, belong to you. warner groups founder, it gives you pretty portion. today that was a creative evening for one of the most famous and influential military bloggers let

the end, but that his real name is actually maxime from you. and he was, he has more than half a 1000000 subscribers on telegram and often comments on the rushes war in ukraine and the interior ministry confirmed that the person killed was turk, starsky. himself, one of the versions that is investigated is reported by fountain god, and according to that version is statuette. what was brought into the cafe as a give for to tar sky, and it exploded inside the cafe. after handing over this gift, the woman who brought the gift in, sat down in the hall, the explosion occurred around 5 minutes later after the give was handed to touch her ski. and now the woman is actually wanted on terrorism charges. now jennifer, in addition to that statement from the interior ministry, has there been any further reaction from the russians? yes. clear russia's propagandists were very fast to commons and of course they blamed ukraine for total debt and demanded retaliation. former

r t broadcast director, uncle and castles you wrote, petoskey was killed in the centre off st. petersburg, ukrainian terrorists killed him. they are all over our country obviously. and they will kill and blow things up. our t editor in chief magazine, the seaman young wrote, well, what shall we forget, forgive, but what is also interesting, is that former state deputy ill yup. on, on my view of who lives in ukraine, hinted in a conversation with the media outlets sorta that he knows again, that our skis killers. he said, quote, there will be a common to morrow when we get the official position off the group that implemented this action. it is important to know that nobody or previously claimed to have helped organize the murder of philosopher and propaganda is alexander de against orthodontia. but was unable to prove any convincing evidence for this. okay, so a lot to unpack there. thank you so much for bringing us up to speed. as our

correspond, jennifer puck out recording from rica. let's go to finland now. where votes are being counted in parliamentary elections? and it is looking like a tight race between the 3 main parties. prime minister, s and m marine social democrats are neck and neck with the center, right. national coalition party, according to early results. far right, leader week of course fins party is narrowly behind and 3rd place ballots from early voters have already been counted with a record 40 percent of the electorate choosing to cast their vote in advance. so let's get more of this from my colleague and at sarah's day, your correspondence also coming from finland and following these elections closely . can you tell us what we know so far based on these 1st initial results that have been coming in? well indeed it looks like this. a knife edge feeling hasn't subsided, so around 50 percent of to vote have now been counted. and indeed it looks like it's going to be a race between the conservatives,

the nationalist coalition at the national coalition. sorry, i'm the social democrats, although they are still look tightly followed by the nationalist fins party. who's a supporters traditionally come out only on election day, so all of that might still changed and the other half of folds that still needs to be gone through. but some voters have also told finished media today that they have tactically voted against the fins. so they have cast her ballot for the social democrats, for instance. since they don't want to see nationalists in the lead. so that would presumably be a good news for prime minister santa maria. how likely do you think she is to get a 2nd term? well, it's not ruled out yet, and it's, it's indeed possible and that's quite the achievement for a sitting prime minister. so normally this doesn't happen that you know, someone who was the face of the nation in sort of the period before would be re elected. but she seems to have made it and she made

a lot of tough decisions. it was quite the for years she had 1st with the cove it pandemic, then, obviously with the war in ukraine, the situation developing there. and then the energy crisis. and also i, you have to say that internationally. she is a phase that's now being recognized. she's even this icon for feminist politics, a young female leader, and that popularity also carries domestically. and you mentioned the war in ukraine . let's speak a little bit more about finland's role insecurity. we know finland is set to formally join nato as early as next week. what might election results mean? 4th, finished security. well indeed, next to the economy. a security has really dominated these elections. and having also that long border with russia, indeed, raised a lot of questions for finland and when it came to the membership negotiations for

nato. philip actually didn't really decide on things like will there be a natal base in the country? how heavily will finland be involved within nato structure? isn't a lot of that will depend on the next government and if it, if it's a more conservative right wing leading government, that sort of nato involvement will look heavier than if it's the left wing government. thank you so much for bringing us up to speed. that is d w n s r stay really appreciate it. and we can bring you up to speed. now with some other world news headlines at this, or the humanitarian group, s o s. at meta, tara ne says it has rescued. 92 migrants for an over crowded dingey off the libyan coast. the charities, as the group included over 40 unaccompanied miners, the rescued people have been transferred to the ocean viking rescue ship on route to the italian port of solarno. hundreds of firefighters have been mobilized to

tackle a massive forest fire in the center of the south korean capital sol. hundreds of residents were evacuated from the affected areas as helicopters battled to prevent the fire from spreading. and former arkansas governor aysa hutchinson says he's running against donald trump to be the republican party's next presidential. candidate trumpet became the 1st former u. s. president ever to face criminal charges earlier this week. but polls show he still by far the favorite among republican voters and staying in the region, arkansas has been one of those states hit hardest by the storms battery in the united states, mid west, and south authorities. there have declared a state of emergency after the state was hit by multiple tornadoes. at least 26 people have been killed in the extreme weather. a shredded roof and battered cloth rooms. all that remained of this all console high school.

students here just beginning to come to terms with the damage done by the tornado. i'm a sophomore. i've been here since 1st grade and at the school i just, i love it. we have very many traditions. i'm very proud of this school and i'm just really sad. oh fact that it's gone, but i know we will come back stronger. ringback in build a better school in 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 by the government has promised assistance to the areas affected as rescue efforts continue measuring the full extent of the damage could take month to football now and the buddhist legal whereby and minute coach thomas took all saw his noose. i beat his former club, arisia, dormant for 2, and was one of the biggest matches in german football for years where the dorman going into the game and 1st place. but an awful goal keeping mistake helps, and buyers back to the top. not since the champions league, final of 2013 has a meeting between these 2 old rivals. being such a high stakes affair torment were flying high before the fixture,

but in 23 disastrous minutes were brought crushing down to us by an opener. on 13 minutes was the result of a surreal gold keeping blunder from dormant stud, cagle, colbert, a long bull. by dialing from a corner from inside the by a half catastrophically miss. judged by the keeper. it was a nightmare. start for the swiss, and worse was on its way. a simple corner saw dormant suffer. their next set back. when mattie's denise had out was turned home by thomas miller. and 5 minutes after that, miller made it 3 when a luckless kobus buildable at his feet off the diving to stop. leave roy sanchez, long range effort 23 minutes into his career as by a coach, thomas, to who could hardly believe his luck while dornan's dreadful 1st half had put their seasons work in jeopardy. the 2nd 45 brought yet mortals

starting with a full full host, courtesy of kingsley coleman. then following this foul on g. bellingham, in the bye, and thought m. rachel fly. it hung a spot tick to make it for one. but it was a goal. more of consolation than of consequence, much like dorman 2nd school by tanya marlin in the 19th minute. the damage of course, had long since been done. disaster for dormant as by an retake top spot in the buddha's legal, with 8 games left to play. well today is world autism awareness day did have you caught up with a spanish swimmer and her coach to discover both the challenges and rewards that come with an autistic athletes. julio hernandez is a swimmer facing a special set of challenges you. oh hi, i'm julio. and 22 years old does,

and i have autism dangle our dismal really is autism makes it difficult for her to deal with disruptions to her 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 williams, the i lawyer, gives me something that no of a swimmer can give you. it's really special to see some one with all her problems. and it gives you a feeling that's hard to describe how it went on it. it makes my heart full. if me, francisco has experience working with the very best in the sport. but huda is a pupil. unlike most of us. when are you any up nearby? the lot i'd been at the top of the swimming world. it was this letter that i didn't see myself as qualified to work with. someone like julio was julio or young, but she's now a source of pride and motivation for me. and i thought he all her talent puts houllier 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, holding up for we go, let's get a reminder of our top story at this hour. there's been a deadly explosion in a cafe in the russian city of st. petersburg rushes interior ministry says the blast killed a well known military walker that went to tar sky 19. others were wound. yes. and that is your news update office hours. stay tuned for shift coming up next after a short break. german w. this award winning offer is available worldwide in german has never been simpler german to go with our weekly and william osmond cars carrying.