this is good every news coming soon long live from berlin zimbabwe prepares to go to the polls campaigning is winding down as the country holds its first presidential election since the end of the mugabe era but we'll both be free and fair to bring you the latest recall ari also coming up forest fires raged across the northern hemisphere amid the record hot sun in northern california firefighters are struggling to contain and for know this in goldberg's forests destroying homes and threatening lives. and we'll bring you the latest from the tour de france where

dan on thomas is set to win his maiden title thomas will become the first welshman to win the tour in sunday's final stage we'll show you how he reached the pinnacle of the cycling world. i'm sarah harmer welcome to the show it's good to have you with us as people in zimbabwe prepare to head to the polls they'll be casting their vote for a leader not named robert mugabe for the first time in a generation is the first election since a former president was alsa from power last year current president emerson on goggle is running in a tight race against opposition leader nelson chamisa and both sides are pushing for every vote before these polls open. asin barclay's presidential race enters the final days both sides are turning out in force rallying and dancing in support of

their candidates the zanu p.f. the fancy footwork is all for this man and his and. was once mccarthy's right hand man with the ominous nickname of the crocodile he took over when the gobby was forced to resign but has enthusiastic backers from his supporters who called him edi that's the capital easy i've come voluntarily to support my president. i want to assure him that i've got your vote come monday after my ex and eighty nine got my president. may. ease off there is simple revive the economy tackle unemployment and attract foreign investment and that seems enough to get the greens dancing on the pitch. but in the red corner the movement for democratic change is rallying its support and not just

with that dance moves there is a show of strength for the forty year old preacher nelson shimmies. we're thirty five here now. that we're going to have gays who are buying fish bloods ya don't go food. people out john kerry not going to federal because of mine or. everything kerry called for. on the campaign trail shimmies have made a few rash promises like bringing the world cup and the lympics to the country and building a high speed train system to controversially chemise is already saying that he has won the election and any other result would prove the poll is rigged whatever his claims analysts say monday's vote will be a close run race with the possibility of a runoff later in september. you have a correspondent under increases in harare this is what he had to say about the.

without a doubt we could see the freest and fairest elections in the history of the country for the first time since two thousand and two the european union was allowed to send election up service also the opposition was allowed to campaign even in rural areas but despite all these signs of optimism there's also reason for concern will the opposition really accept the results in case the president wins and how will the powerful military react if there indeed will be a change of power. also ethiopia now a country is caught in a deadly cycle of salmon and drought the united nations estimates up to eight million people are going hungry and are in desperate need of emergency aid developed and workers from germany believe they can help end the cycle by tapping into local know how and expertise. alymer whoi who grows wheat on his two hectares of land in northern ethiopia as

a small holder he uses the time honored method of oxen and plough and like many other farmers he closes the pharaoh with the same plough after serving the seeds then he had an idea this is the old. boy and this is the new. he's walking one zero zero a layman who invented a new device which is less damaging to the earth and the seeds since he started using it he has increased his crop by a third the german society for international cooperation supports innovations like this development work a magnet it takes up the ideas of small holders like a lamer and helps to forge new ways of farming moves from. we need to stem the rural exodus but we also need to invest in the industrial parks where food and draw materials are produced and which have to be produced to quality and quantity if you can only do that if you support the rural population. ethiopia is

a prime example of the german government's marshall plan for africa if africa second largest country can succeed in modernizing its agriculture that it's possible elsewhere says magnus schmidt ever since the new ethiopian government took office germany has been able to sell modern plows past aside and seeds directly to farmers in so-called farmer service centers. if there are good seeds here if it's possible to increase production if there is good downstream processing and more jobs in the future then ethiopia will be a region that won't have refugees making their way to europe really go through what you know. every year germany gives eighty million euros to ethiopia it's an investment that could grow. here's a look now some of the other stories that are making news around the world militants in afghanistan that killed at least two people and injured five others in

the salt on a training center for midwives nearly seventy people were inside the center in jalalabad when extremists attacked witnesses for gunfire and several blasts no one has claimed responsibility yet. tens of thousands of russians have protested against plans to hike the country's retirement age rallies organized by trade unions and the communist party mobilized people in over a dozen cities many russians have voiced their anger over the fact that the new retirement age of sixty five is comparable with the life expectancy for russian men . pope francis has accepted the resignation of cardinal mccarrick one of the most prominent figures in the catholic church in the united states as far as allegations of sexual abuse including accused involving an eleven year old boy francis has ordered to remain in seclusion and in prayer until a church trial is held well extreme summer temperatures in many parts of the

northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the united states two firefighters have now died after struggling to bring informal in northern california under control dozens of homes in the city of reading have gone up in smoke and the blaze still is under control. now you know. it's a vision of hell fires swirling at high speed this is reading california at night wildfires raging through the forests and into the suburbs at incredible speed. and this is what they left behind hundreds of homes tend to char and rubble devastation for homeowners. to firefighters have already been killed whilst tackling the flames in california it's an uphill battle. only five percent of the blaze is under control so far current conditions high temperatures and wind are

going nowhere. so we need the experience of more and more damaging wildfires more fires that ignite rapidly it's like throwing gas in. these type of fires they wrap them they spread so fast california is used to fires. but over in europe sweden isn't huge places broke out even as far as the arctic north authorities warn conditions could get a lot worse and. the high winds may cause the fires to spread and the thunder is likely to start new fires so we're still on high alert and ready to fight for any new fires hawg home this could have for them to renew your bet on those. sweden's neighbors have been coming to the support sending people and planes planes sweden has never needed in the past but swedish officials say some of those international volunteers may have to be pulled out so great are the risks elsewhere in europe

like california and europe is facing an unprecedented fire season and firefighters are at their limits. all that sort of france is coming to a close and it appears we have a new winner here to tell us more about that is the cambridge from force us ed good to have you in the studio was still at a stage left to go but it looks like we already know who's going to take it tell us what's going on so it was the second to last stage of course and a final opportunity today for the chasing pack to try and usurp the right thomas at the top of that leaderboard as any good at all family tell you it's customary at the top of france very strangely that the race leader is never challenged on the final day so all we have to do today was maintain his lead of a second place tom donilon and as we're about to see the welshman held his no. the moment current thomas has dreamed of the tour de france title is as good as his

thomas produced another excellent display in the penultimate stage the finish the time trial in third place and crucially retained a lead of almost two minutes in the general classification. to do on the biggest stage of all. over three weeks. since a. time trial world champion tom to milan won the stage an outcome that keeps the dutchman in second place overall. he finished narrowly ahead of chris froome the four time tour de france champion has had a difficult few weeks but will at least end up on the podium in paris but barring a disaster it's his team sky colleague thomas who will take his crown as the holder of road cycling's most prestigious title. so thomas likings that for a victory there he's competed before but we've never really heard his name in contention to win what do you do right this year where he's always been more of

a supporting cyclist that's been his role the team's guys he's played an important role as chris froome has claimed tour de france titles over the past few years his highest ever finish in the past was fifteenth so for many it's a bit of a shock that he's done so well this year but they were signs there for instance in last year's tour he was in second place before he fell off his bike broke his collarbone so although we didn't have the luck last year there was clearly pedigree there and some cycling fans could have expected a good performance from again this year and he also didn't take part in the chiro which is the big italians which happens just before the tour de france all the other cyclists did chris froome for example and it takes a lot out of you. is possibly a lot more fresh than the other competitors well and it went right for him and had a great is a great run right rest is important guys set for its six the win in seven years but they've had a controversial tour haven't they have chris froome. the defending champion he's been spat out he's been booed he's actually had physical altercations with fans on

the mountainside a lot of people aren't happy with him taking paul he was involved in a big doping allegation and obviously in the cycling is the last poll in which you want to be basically you know accused of doping so it's very bad on his record he was cleared of the allegations but people still aren't happy to see him taking part now away from the cyclists the team manager dave brailsford he had to apologize as well for basically saying the spitting that was happening was all part of french culture so he was very happy of course i mean so it's a french people so a great victory again for skype but there have been a few setbacks along the way all right a bit of drama at the tour de france it wouldn't be the same without it that is ed thank you very much for being with us today. and that is it for me and the whole team here in berlin we're going to leave you now as the images in the german tattles annual christopher street day parade enjoy and i'll see you again at the top of the hour.

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