the number and unanimous. because i see various sorts of. russia. quote i've only said that i thought a good number thirty eight fronted. point zero point zero can see it because as it says it. this is the wus coming to you live from berlin a german human rights organizer goes on trial in turkey today be destroyed now was arrested in istanbul along with several others from amnesty international three

months ago on charges of abiding aiding terrorist groups not the case is expected to test already strained relations between balin and uncorrupt was a coming up. the on edge as it gives up or redrawn of the presidential election the previous balloting all this was a nod off to allegations of irregularities can officials ensure a free and fair election this time we get the latest from nairobi. and german president trungpa steinmeier is in moscow as the russian government progress to return a cathedral to the evangelical lutheran church we have a report from our correspondent there. other unwelcome i'm a thought she. the trial has started for a german human rights activist arrested in istanbul in july british jordan is one

of eleven germans currently imprisoned in turkey balances he's been wrongfully detained and has been strongly campaigning for israelis he was arrested while at a workshop on digital security for other human rights activists in istanbul he's being tried along with members of amnesty international including the director of amnesty international in turkey jordan a stands accused of links to armed terrorist groups and of having ties to the man allegedly behind last year's failed coup the islamic cleric for two law glynn if convicted stored the faces up to fifteen years in prison his trial is putting already strained relations between germany and turkey to the test the german foreign minister sigma garble has called the predator for a long prison sentence called in comprehensible and an acceptable earlier i spoke to our correspondent brian jones in istanbul i am began by asking him what evidence

there had been against jordan are today's trial. well so far there's been very little evidence to support these claims and that's why there's been so much outrage over this case the head of the prosecution did publish the seventeen page indictment and they claim that those attending this meeting. were planning to organize a civil uprising that was planned to unseat the turkish president. part of the same conspirators that were involved in last year's coup but the evidence so far and in the indictment is relying heavily on amnesty international publications there's even a tweet which said enjoy the boat right turn off your telephone to the participants of the meeting comes prosecutors say that it indications of a conspiracy and i think that unless the prosecution introduce new evidence which they are allowed to under state of emergency the outrage of this case will continue to grow as pressure to end it story if evidence is so weak how likely is it that

the charges against no will be dismissed. well in the normal judicial system then this case will never come to court and. probably dismissed out of hand by the judge but we're not in normal times is a state of emergency and many of these cases following the failed coup. very flimsy evidence very similar to this and have continued and that's fueled speculation that these cases are more to do with political motivations rather than traditional ones strongly denies that but we've seen many cases in the past very similar the relied on very flimsy evidence like this and still continued and have resulted in convictions so in many ways i think the outcome will do more to do with what i think should happen rather than the charges now relation between anger and already a very strange story is one of eleven german nationals who. believe

that these cases are. well it certainly is a charge and there is a feeling particularly with the. the sweet alec are very many european nationals have been detained they are seen as pawns in dealing with its european partners in particular in. the extradition of dozens of people it claims were involved in large has failed coup and the people are seen as pawns possible bargaining chips. but the continuing the tension of people will fuel those concerns and similar concerns also a felt in washington where the turkish president a few weeks ago made an open bargain to washington i will release one of the u.s. citizen from jail if you. learn from watching him from the u.s. in exchange joran joins us for the supreme court in istanbul thank you very much.

let's other look at some other stories making news around the world chinese president xi jinping has been confirmed for a second term as the country's leader she was selected as such great general of the communist party's ruling council six other leaders were also named to the decision making body but a successor to she was not named in a clear break with tradition. in bangkok the five day funeral sermon he has started for king bhumibol on tens of thousands of mourners have filed into the historic quarter of thailand's capital to bid farewell to the monarch who was hugely revered his body has been lying in state since he died last october at the age of eighty eight. the american ban on refugees has now ended after one hundred twenty days but nationals from eleven countries believed to pose a higher risk to the united states will face even tougher scrutiny officials have not named these countries but say people will be judged on

a case to case basis. turning now to kenya where the supreme court is an as it could not hear a last minute petition to delay thursday's presidential election the chief justice is not enough judges were present the announcement means tomorrow's vote will go ahead as shared the decision has triggered protests in the streets of an opposition stronghold people have taken to the streets to protest and many are vowing to boycott the presidential election. catherine wonder joins me now from the kenyan capital nairobi catherine as we mentioned the court has said not enough judges were present to hear the petition to delay the vote are questions being asked whether the absence of these judges was engineered under pressure is the election commission right now. well there are suspect suspicions that this was engine the it especially coming from opposition and its

supporters in fact just after the judge made his announcement one of the lawyers who also represents the opposition said that the state is acting in a mysterious way. maybe just to give you a background yesterday just when the case was was made public that it will take place today we had the deputy chief justice's driver short and and now she couldn't attend the hearing today in the morning and we have one judge who's sick but then. it's hard to explain how the other two judges are not making it to supreme court to make a for a quorum and a quorum is five out of the seven judges so opposition supporters see that this as a move by the state and now all eyes are on the electoral commission which seems to be going ahead with its plan right now ballot boxes are arriving in various polling stations and they say despite the court cases they are ready to go ahead with the

election for the country is now on edge we are getting reports of protests in some parts in response to the court's announcement give us an update as to what the situation is there like on the streets well there was a hope that the court would actually postpone the elections and allow for dialogue and more procedures to take place before another election but now with this dashed supporters of the main office main opposition leader raila odinga feel emboldened in fact in kisumu and other parts of western kenya are you seeing people going to the streets now and you've seen them being led by their leaders they say that this is proof that the process is not free and fair starting from before the election and during the election tomorrow catherine on monday in nairobi thank you very much . now german a present from palestine mine has begun an official visit to the russian capital moscow steinmeier has taken part in

a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial later he'll be meeting russian president vladimir putin and then human rights activists steinmeyer as the forest chairman head of state in seven years to visit the country the german president will also attend the handover of a famous moscow cathedral the russian government is officially giving it back to the evangelical lutheran church of russia. an air of celebration at a normal sunday service the last one before this evangelical lutheran congregation in moscow officially gets its church back. lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community have german roots their ancestors came to russia centuries ago on the invitation of the czars who promised land and religious freedom but later the soviet government persecuted lutherans and seized church property including this cathedral the community led by archbishop de takes power

has been using it again since the fall of the soviet union but so far it has remained russian government property. with the courts here on a case like someone started living in your apartment and it's not yours anymore so they let you turn up but the whole time you have the feeling it isn't yours for you on any point it could end up in the government's hands or other hands it's ours it feels like home again this is just. so. in the officially atheist soviet union many churches were repurposed from nine hundred thirty seven this cathedral was used as a movie theater and a film studio by then all lutheran churches across the country had been closed and many of their pastors arrested and shot. here at video cemetery in moscow long known as the city's german cemetery the scars of that persecution are still tangible many gravestones here were neglected and destroyed after the second world

war the lutheran community struggled with the additional stigma of its german origins often associated with the nazi enemy. which. is the return of our church to some extent restores historical justice historical truth but only partially i hope that this will just be the beginning of a new stage in the development of our country and our community strongly in the shit so. the number of churches that were destroyed the crime of course the fact that this could be true is being returned that's good news. said the church belongs to the congregation it belongs to the people that come here and look after it so st peter's and paul's cathedral will be the first evangelical lutheran church to be given back to the congregation they hope it will set a precedent and that the russian state will return other churches as well. of course on a mini show and joins me now from there and she's standing in front of the

cathedral and we just how important is this handover of the church that. well as you just saw it's very important for the congregation itself and the archbishop you just saw in the piece said that this could set a precedent for other churches being returned and also that it's of the beginning of a restoration of historical justice after all the evangelical lutheran were persecuted here not only under the atheist soviet union the soviet government but also because there seemed to be german and after the second world war that of course had a lot of stigma attached to it and i just. was among the journalists who spoke to himself and he said that this is an important gesture not only for the church but also a gesture of openness towards dialogue with germany and any time ally and russian president vladimir putin need what will they be talking about do you think.

well it seems that. is kind of feeling out how open putin and how open russia is to dialogue with germany and to dialogue with the west he said that they would be talking not only about the common ground that they have the common ground that they share but also about several difficult topics today. went to memorial which is a civil rights society that monitors human rights here in russia and they asked him to talk to putin about the human rights issue but steinmeyer also emphasize that one of the main things that the two leaders will be discussing is ukraine actually and hopes that there can be some progress on the peace there and we shall win in moscow thank you very much getting out of football and in the second round of the

german cup they would no upsets on tuesday night as all sixty five teams one day games in month to month don't want crews to be prepared to go from balloons on to castro in the forty first minute the midfielder with a hot volley from close range to alexander. not the boy down to his feet and two minutes off the restart isaak off one of his own one went on to score three more on the way to a five success. that's it for me and with that you have a stable monica jones will join you in just a bit with the business news thank you for your company.