they live for their mission. ah, what drives them? people who need to know what is happening there were series guardians of truth watch now on youtube, d. w documentary ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, a deadly blast. rocks at cafe, in the russian city of saint petersburg. moscow is blaming ukraine for the explosion which killed a well known military blogger and wounded many others. finland, center right need are petty or poll claims

a tight victory and sundays parliamentary election incumbent prime minister, santa marine conceded defeat after her party, finished a 3rd and several crashes. mar the australian formula. one grand prix in melbourne, but defending champion max for stop and emerges. as the winner, yet again, all that and more coming up in our sports news. ah . i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. russian. investigators say a well known military blogger has been killed in an explosion and a cafe in saint petersburg. some 25 authors were wounded, the blast was reportedly caused by a device hidden inside a statue that had been delivered as a gift for vlad lynn to tarkey. this is the blogger, bloodline petoskey real name,

maxime full mean. filming himself last year at the grand kremlin palace, he had been invited there to celebrate russia's annexation of ukraine's occupied regions. this defiant tirade went viral soon. we will beat every one. he said, we will kill every one. we will rob every one who needs to be robbed, so everything will be the way we love him. while these kinds of videos made him wildly popular among pro war russian nationalists walker. and now, as these scenes suggest, a target to task, he was killed after a blast at this restaurant. he had been hosting an event, their meeting supporters and subscribers to his telegram channel. local media reports the task he had been presented with a figurine just minutes before the blast. and that the figurine was the source of the explosion. this figurine ahead of a minor and a helmet. they put it somewhere back there without

a 2nd thought you said and he carried on with his questions. then suddenly everything exploded and there was smoke. he was like a slow motion movie. we were seated in the back of a hole. every one started to run and we need to run out. so we ran. those who were near had blood all over them, like adding further to the fog of uncertainty. the venue itself has close links to wagner, mercenary group, bossy of jenny pic, gozine. the governor of st. petersburg says 25 people were injured in the explosion . rushes state investigative committee has opened a murder investigation. it's a reminder of the unpredictable consequences of the war which to tar sky cheered so fervently. finan center, right. national coalition party has won the nordic countries parliamentary elections, incumbent prime minister, santa marin conceded defeat with her social democrats. coming in 3rd far right

leader rica portraits fins. party was in 2nd place. national coalition party leader pet that he auto is set to seek to form a new governing coalition. oh, she it well her party, even in defeat. santa marvin, finland's youngest of a prime minister, bows out of the narrow loss in the general election. b, i not for very, very long time as a prime minister party managed to increase its support in the number of seats. this is a brilliant achievement, although it did not come 1st today at just 37, marinez finance, most popular prime minister, the century. but she struggled to convert her personal approval ratings into votes for social democratic party. rising public debt and the cost of living crisis, resulting from russia's invasion of ukraine as weight heavily on the government. oh

well they call them in finland is quite the bad that the moment that we need to find a way to get it better. i think that we should not build this society based on taking more depth the conservative national coalition party and his lead up at terry or po, successfully capitalized on these concerns coming 1st in the polls. the odd. yeah. clear alternative to look to the left being government and people are very worried about our economy. and we had, we had a good program, how to boost our economy. what kind of reform speed we are going to do and this was our message b. we'll fix our country the far right. the fins party on that the leader rica pura came 2nd with an anti immigration and you were a skeptic program, relegating the social democrats to 3rd place. the open was said he's open to forming a governing coalition with either of his major opponents. tough negotiations lie

ahead. well, earlier i asked that journalist denise whole in helsinki, if the victory of the santa right will lead to a big shift in direction in finland. thank you for having me. well, the results really did come down to the wire. as you said, but in the end it was a win for factory or to pose national coalition party and the populace fins party led by eureka pura no. if those 2 parties form the backbone of the governing coalition, i think the biggest changes will likely be visible in domestics rather than foreign policy. both are united in their focus on really in government debt, spurring economic growth and reducing taxes on income. they both pro business and they say they're ready to implement spending cuts and to hike certain tax is to balance public finances. but it'll be interesting to see how they reconcile the areas where they're not united. for example,

the national coalition party supports work based immigration while the fins party has always favored quite a tough line on immigration. and additionally, as a euro skeptic party, the fence party has long said that it wants to take finland out of the e. u and the euro zone, and that is something that the national coalition party of propose as however, if the governing coalition includes smaller parties that are more left, leading or even centrist, that might have a tempering effect on some of the policies that might otherwise be seen as harsh by some voters. denise. tell us this is finland, another country that's moving further to the right of the political spectrum. well, i mean, those were the headlines in helsinki this evening, finland, there's right and so on. and of course, tonight's upset performance by the fins party. may it seem like alert to the right, but i think it's important to remember that the party has been performing more or

less consistently in the polls since 2011. and they've managed to capture just under 20 percent of the vote, and that was enough in 2015 to take them into government. and at the same time, we have to remember that thunder marine's left leaning administration has been a sort of an exception since the thought of the 2000 as the coalition since then had been centrist, conservative or center right now with the election of the conservative national coalition that trend merely continues. let's talk outside of fin the monday and the impact this may have you did touch on or before. now as we know, finland chairs or border russia and it's set to join nato as early as next week. so could we see some level of impact am following these elections on finland's foreign policy? well, i don't anticipate any significant changes in finished foreign policy following the

selection. and in general, things tend to be overall quite unified when it comes to foreign policy. whereas as i said earlier, the real divisions are more apparent in domestic policy. now in election platform, the national coalition party has stress making finland an active member of the military alliance. and it has also pledge to to safeguard national defense and security. and i, i would venture to say that there is generally broad support for those aspirations throughout the, the government and throughout the parliament. thanks, denise will be keeping an eye on fin. linda over the coming days and weeks for sure . journalist denise will in finland for us. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. parisians have voted overwhelmingly to van rental electric scooters in the french capital in a referendum, while 89 percent of voters back the band turn night was extremely low,

with less than 8 percent. paris is the 1st major european capital to bind the scooters, although private ownership will still be permitted. oscar winning japanese composer you she, sac mojo has died at the age of 71 from cancer, an electronic music pioneer. second moto 1st made waves as one of the co factors of the groundbreaking yellow magic orchestra in his night of japan. later he became renowned for his film work of winning an oscar, a bafta, a grammy, and 2 golden globes for his scores. and pope francis says, lad, to palm sunday mass on rome, saint peter's square, just a day after leaving the hospital following treatment for bronchitis, tens of thousands of worshippers turned back to hear him speak. the ceremony marked the beginning of celebrations for the most important week in the christian calendar

. oh, well, while pope frances, with celebrating a return to duties after a bout of ill health in poland, thousands of demonstrators gather to defend a reputation of one of his predecessors. the late pope john pulled a 2nd. the pontiff has been accused of concealing child abuse crimes. while he was archbishop of cracka sunday, march the 18th anniversary of his death bar thing called grizzly bear, the thousands of polish citizens committed. the 18th adversity of the death of both john paul the 2nd. but the demonstrators did not just pay tribute to the religious heated. they also gathered to defend the honor of the late pope. in a recent documentary, he was accused of covering up crimes of paid ophelia, among trees, during the 19 sixties and 19 seventies. many in poland,

see these accusations as a dishonor to the legacy of a national hero. oh, 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 saying, i believe that if he knew he century for it. oh yeah, because it took many steps in this regard. lacresha. however, i believe 100 percent, he was spiting this pedophilia is worked out hope of my child a compound of him, yet 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 police for allowed to continue working as please, after serving prison sentences for 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 in the future. the art that is an attack on the spiritual identity of our nation. not all of us. there was a sat among the protesters and watchful members of the ruling populace. party peas, political observers say the conservative government is using allocations against john pon to divert attention away from other issues. i had of upcoming elections to sport now and in formula one defending champion max for stoppin of red bull, one a k arctic australian grand prix crashes galore caused habit, but the dutch standings leader was able to keep his cool in melbourne to win his 2nd race this season a bit of australian culture before the race got started in once he did red bulls. max finished up and got overtaken by mercedes,

george russell in russell's teammate. louis hamilton got past pier, stopping in the 1st lap of the race right before the 1st crash for ari shawl. a clerk, the winner in melbourne last year was turned into a pedestrian after making contact with asked ins, land stroll before the tech lab. another crash. this time it's alexander albin for williams who flew off in ended his chances following that may ham fish up and made a move to overtake mercedes louis hamilton. the race was red flag again. aunt lacked 56. kevin magnusson ran wide and grazed the wall, which ripped his wheel apart, teen up to lap showdown between macs for stopping in louis hamilton. but not without another collision. alpine teammates smacked into each other, leaving debris everywhere, finished up and held on to win his maiden grand prix in australia,

with the pole to pole finish. was a bit of a mess and that yeah we, we survived everything we had good faith in the car today. again and we won, which of course is the most of them finished up and extends his lead in the standings to 15 points with his 2nd win for red bull. the team that's finished on top of all 3 grand prix this season. all right, that, so for me, for now, coming up. next is our religious affairs program. faith matters and a story of a transgender pastor in a small time in germany. stay tuned for that. for me. the team here. berlin, thanks for watching and take care. ah ah, she's gotten used to thought say great a.