he will need to know what is happening there were series guardians of truth watch know on youtube, d. w documentary ah ah, you're watching the w y. but from berlin, a deadly blast. rocks, a cafe and rushes st. petersburg, russia investigator say the explosion killed a well known military blubber and wounded many others. also coming up on the show, finland center, right? look, always to now we went sundays, parliamentary elections incumbent to prime minister at santa marinez,

currently trailing in 3rd place with some 90 percent of the vote counted the far right is in 2nd place. we will keep you posted as more results come in. ah, hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. russian investigator say a well known military blogger has been killed in an explosion at a cafe in saint petersburg. some 25 others were wounded. the blast was reportedly cosby a device hidden inside a statue that had been delivered as a gift for black men to tar ski rush. as a foreign ministry hasn't paid tribute to the blogger earlier. do you know these correspondent jennifer polco gave me more information about the explosion? well, the explosion happened in a st. petersburg cafe called st. food bar, number one. and as a result, one person was killed 25,

where wounded and according to russians, the media 19 people were brought to the hospital, and 4 of them are in critical condition. the city's saint petersburg emergency services said that there was allow plopping now the noise without a subsequent fire in the cafe, according to the russian media. oh, that's fun, tampa. the cafe belong to warm groups, found you pretty boards and russia. the interior ministry confirmed that the person killed was bloody and your famous military blogger, who often provided commentary on russia ward in ukraine. his real name though, is maxime from you, and he has more than half a 1000000 of subscribers on telegram. what is also reported is that the investigative committee opened a criminal case for murder. the media outlets on time published a version of the bench that is now investigated. according to it, a woman gift cards with a statuette. after handing over the gift, the woman took her seat in the hall. the explosion happened around 5 minutes later,

and rush media report that the woman is now wanted on terrorism charges and was brought to a st. petersburg hospital. but so far there is no information about her identity. and what kind of reaction have we seen from the russian side? if any? yes, clear russia propaganda, we're very fast to comment. and of course they blamed ukraine anti crenan terrorist for ted, hearts is death and demanded retaliation. the office of ukraine's president zaleski denied being involved in any way. but back to russia, a former state duma, deputy yup. on the matter of who lives in ukraine, hinted in a conversation with media outlets, thought that he knows of ledgent authorities killer in the past. he also claimed to be involved in killing philosopher and propaganda, alexander dawkins daughter, but couldn't provide any evidence for that. though it isn't questionable if he really knows more about who is responsible. but what is a fact is that petoskey spans are devastated and started laying down flowers where

he died. some of them said that he spoke, quote god's words, and at some point should become a saint in the russian orthodox church. thank you so much for that. that is our correspondent jennifer polka reporting from rica to finland. now where votes are still being counted in parliamentary elections and the center right, national coalition party is currently leading the field with more than 90 percent of results in incumbent prime minister, santa marines. a social democrats are trailing behind far right leader week up porous fins. party who are in 2nd place, turn out was nearly 72 percent, almost unchanged from the last election. and join now by my finish colleague, and as far as de who has been following these elections closely for us, anna, tell us what we know about these results coming in. well, the prognosis indeed puts the conservative national coalition party with party leader bet that he audible in the lead. so he will likely be the next person to try

and form a government in finland. and as it stands, all options are still on the table. the conservatives hasn't, haven't really ruled out cooperating with any of the other parties. and in the nordics were used to these very large coalition governments, sometimes with 4 or 5 even 6 different parties in them. so it's likely that these negotiations will take quite some time since the race between the 3 largest parties . it has been very tight all the time. and it will be also down to the last ballots, you know, to see who has actually won these elections. and with how much of a neck compared to the others, we'll have to wait and see to know for sure. if you tell us already though, what this might mean for prime minister at santa maria, how likely is she to get a 2nd term? well, she is not very likely as it stands are currently to get that 2nd term. but we have

definitely not seen the last of her. she hasn't really specified yet what role she would see for herself if she were in the prime minister any more. but she is popular across party lines and for a sitting prime minister to maintain or even increase the support for her party in the next election, which she has now managed. that's quite unprecedented in finished politics. and she has also become internationally a recognized phase. and i can for feminist politics, a young leader, and that's popularity has also carried that definitely domestically. and let's talk a little bit about the international picture. russia, of course, sharing a very long border with finland and finland to set to join nato. the military alliance, formally as early as next week. what impacts will these elections have on finished foreign policy? well, if we focus on that nato membership, it's still really a question mark. because in the membership negotiations,

finland left it open as to how, how involved they would want to be in the alliance. so we don't know yet whether there will be a natal base, for instance, in finland, which is a neighboring country to russia or how finish, involvement within nato would look like. and that's very much up to the next a government to determine. so a right wing government is likely to have than finland total, heavier involved and in nato. and when it comes to the left leaning government option, and that's likely to be more modest. thank you so much for spelling out those possibilities for us at this stage of counting. that is an assessment for us in the studio. really appreciate it. my pleasure. and we can bring you up to speed now with some other world news headlines. boats are being counted in bulgaria after the country's 5th, a general election in just 2 years. according to exit polls, the 2 main blocks are neck and neck, with the pro western a p p. d,

coalition and narrowly a heads. the center right grouping, lead by ex prime minister boy cobra's off was close behind. algerian journalist is saying, alcott, he has been sentenced to 3 years in prison by a court. in algiers, the prominent government critic was found guilty of receiving foreign funding for his media company, one of the last independent groups in algeria. hope frances has led palm sunday mass on rome. saint peter's square. just a day after leaving hospital, falling treatment for bronchitis, tens of thousands of worshippers turned out to hear him speak. the ceremony marks the beginning of celebrations for the most important week in the christian calendar . well, how france, as it was celebrating a return to it duties after a bout of ill health, but in whole and thousands of demonstrators gather to defend the reputation of one of his predecessors. the late pope john paul. the 2nd,

the pontiff has been accused of concealing child abuse crimes while he was archbishop of krakow sunday march the 18th anniversary of his death bar, then called to slither, thousands of polish citizens commemorated the 18th adversity of the death of pope john paul. the 2nd you soon, but the demonstrators did not just pay tribute to the religious hero. the also gathered to defend the honor of the late pope. in a recent documentary, he was accused of covering up crimes of bade ophelia, among please. during the 19 sixties and 19 seventies, many in poland see these accusations as a dishonor to the legacy of a national hero. oh, that's it. i wanted to show solidarity with pope john paul the 2nd and to oppose the campaign and manipulation to put out. yet vice, i'm say yes, i believe that if he knew he century for it for you because it took many steps in

this regard. that way. here however, i believe 100 percent. he was fighting this pedophilia is worked out with mark howl a compact of here the controversial documentary shown on private polish t v. focus on the cases of 3 priests who sexually abused minors at that time. pope john paul. the 2nd was the archbishop of crackle. in some cases, these priests for allowed to continue working as please, after serving prison sentences. so fully polish catholic church see a review of its archives did not confirmed the charges against the church hierarchy, but more fights could be opened into future. so that is an attack on the spiritual identity of our nation. not old as a host of yeah,

those are among the protestors and was full members of the ruling populace. body piece political observer say the conservative government is using allegations against john paul to die. what attention of a, from other issues i had of upcoming elections to iran. now where authorities have ordered 2 women to be arrested after a viral video appeared to show them being attacked for not wearing the head job. video footage from the incident at a store shows a man at pouring a bucket of yogurt on their heads. authorities a report if they also arrested the alleged attacker. i did. cctv footage of the incident has gone viral to the left to chose 2 women, mother and daughter entering a shop. the daughter doesn't appeal to have her hair cupboard. she is not wearing a her job. seconds later, a man in a check had showed anteaus and begins to talk to her

he then doubts as both of them with the top of your goat. as they stand and shock, the shopkeeper confronted the attacker. after the incident, iranian president, abraham res, see stressed that waiting the he job was not optional gone. what's important is that we have a legal mandate for the jobs. if anyone for any reason, doesn't believe in them, they're still obligated to follow the law. that's what creates a lawful society on man. 3 corner a growing number of women in iran have ditched their scarves over the past hill. but the government insists that a 1979 law demanding women cover their hair will not change. the yogurt incident will be unsettling. from many of these women, local authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the attacker,

but they have also issued them for the 2 women for flouting the loan. and the shopkeeper was given a stone warning, and his shop remained close for several hours. to football now and even to sleep. i where byron munich, a coach, thomas, so close all his new side beat. his former club barissi a dormant for to to is one of the biggest matches in german football for 8 years with a dormant, going into the game. in 1st place. an awful goal keeping the stake helps and buyer at 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 these fixture, but in 23 disastrous minutes were brought crushing down to us. wines opener on 13 minutes, was the result of a surreal gold keeping blunder from dormant stopper cagle colby. a long bull by dialing from a corner from inside the boy and hoff catastrophically misjudged by the keeper. it

was a nightmare star for the swiss, and worse was on its way a simple corner. so 2 men suffer their next set back. when matthias did leaks, head out, was turned home by thomas moolah. and 5 minutes after that, mila maybe 3. when a luckless kobus buildable at his feet off the diving to stop leroy some a's long range effort. 23 minutes into his career as buoyant coach thomas to who could hardly believe his luck. while dalton's dreadful 1st half had put their season's work in jeopardy. the 2nd 45 brought yet more dose, starting with a full, full host, courtesy of kings. we command then following this foul on g. bellingham in the by and bolts, m. rachel, fly at home. a spot take 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 and retake top spot in the buddhist. legal with 8 games left to play. that series update at this hour coming up next a sports life goes to argentina to explore the power of stating that i can after a short break or check out our website, d, w dot com and claire richardson. thank you so much for watching with oh, you become a criminal m franklin a i already knows.