the streets. the air. this is deja vu news live from berlin kazakstan prepares to elect a new president but observers say the outcome isn't in doubt with the handpicked successor of the country's long standing wealth or a tarion ruler set for victory also coming out. in football a teenage star is born in france as germany made a winning start at the women's world cup. and standing up for the little guy a major titian all german company putting on a brave face even as it risks being ruled by the competition.

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program kazakstan is voting today to elect a new president it's the 1st time since independence that long time or thora tarion later nursultan nazarbayev will not be on the ballot the world's last soviet era leader ruled the central asian nation with an iron fist for nearly 3 decades but in march he unexpectedly stepped down was handing over the reins to his protege kassim john not to cry over is expected to win the election. day w correspondent emily showmance been speaking to opposition activists in the country she said has this report. poetry and music against political repression sloc a cause like poetry collective is rehearsing a new p.c. . it's

a statement against political apathy though the young performers insist this is just art. you're. the. boss had told us of a is here to support the group the community activist was recently released from prison she was behind bars for 15 days for holding up a banner calling for free elections. any attempts to express your opinion are oppressed and stifled in kazakhstan through arrests and fines and many activists are being sent to serve in the army now this is all we have. we can only express ourselves through our. what we know we have to do something that there is a demand for change among people a people's movement for change. good fishing. still there's a sense of excitement about the elections in the country it's just make us that i think right now is the moment to show that people can change something that's so we

. can use the force of it is of course we want to be optimistic and believe that things will get better now. because song of is hoping to attract the protest vote he's the 1st critical candidate to be registered in a cause like election for more than a decade trying seriously when i think i have good chances because people are dissatisfied with the status quo and they see in other countries including in former soviet countries how new governments are electors and that there's nothing scary about it but many opposition activists say all the candidates are cooperating with a corrupt system controlled by the ruling party some are even calling for a boycott on election day less of up plans to monitor the ballot with observers from the youth information service of kazakhstan so far not a single election in the country has been recognized as free and fair by the international community. so i hope some day that the pressure from

the people will force the government to acknowledge that we need to have real elections within time and in canada and stick you. know. that is the best case scenario at the national. some. although i had to listen but doesn't believe these elections can be free and fair she is convinced her country is at a crossroads she hopes more young activists and artists will dare to speak out and unite to shape kazakhstan's future. now d.w. has just learned that in the past hour another opposition activist team ash allison off was detained at a rally in astonishment i spoke to him a few minutes before his arrest and i asked him what chance opposition candidates have in this election. while i think it's quite clear that once she accepted their offer their 1st term if you come out oppose them in

a way we expect. we're going to campaign she meant for their rallies to try to speak to to gather the people on the squares to detroit really support. hard core to our critic and political right really to. critical track. personalities and of course what he started to call very good there. are you know you can now project you can't really talk of the vision for the greater society iraq here by him you mean obviously casimir month and if he wins what will that mean for the country. now i was overtaken by the cost of about the 2 cars i think of that signal for the society that spike that number by step down from the post large tree we have. the percent that he's going to continue

his policy here in ca this time as i'm afraid that the book is the example of. thing politics about the question about the limitation of our right to recover stock and people across the country they do oppose and they do boycott or otherwise they do spoke by ballots on election day just to show that they do not trust the system that they do not trust the. politicians and of course they do not trust ruling party that associated with former presidents otherwise ok so you mentioned some of the things that people doing a willing to do opposition people but what are some of the things that you and other activists are falling for in kazakhstan. well 1st of all to make a political right we should have a right without any limitation to go on the square and exercise our right for the

free assembly the same as the freedom of public officials at all the political parties and the public government that healing caddick that we just heard by their government they are all like a fat institution they don't really do shit that represent opposition. have to the stage will have to fight for our right at the next stage of course we'll have to reconstruct the political system gosh i think now we are completely clear that they're all too tentative step personalized which you cannot lead us towards or for any prosperity all the progress we have to turn to the parliamentary system i don't have to push on this issue so we have to demand to have to live with the sights and like you explain that diplomats refused them that. a free and fair election and. the fair resources can this is something that we need is this

mechanism of democracy that's that's we need now to move other opposition activists demand. thank you very much for joining us. that was opposition activists dinesh out for not speaking to us shortly before being tainted by a 10 detained bike has that the police is monitoring the situation now to some of the other stories making news around the world tens of thousands of people have gathered in hong kong for what's expected to be a huge rally against a proposed extradition more the more would allow suspects to be sent to mainland china to face trial critics say a fair trial is not guaranteed. thousands of people have crossed into colombia after venezuelan president nicolas maduro reopened destry in border bridge it was shot 4 months ago following a dispute with bogota over humanitarian aid many venezuelans crossed to look for food and medicine due to the severe economic and political crisis at heart. russian

court has put a prominent journalist under house arrest yvonne good enough known for investigating corruption among moscow city officials was detained on thursday for alleged drug offenses early on saturday was temporarily temporarily hospitalized after he claimed he was beaten for these custody. day to be correspondent barry schiff was at the court hearing and she sent us this report brush an investigative journalist yvonne go enough has been put under house arrest for 2 months that was completely unpredictable because investigators accused him for selling a large amount of drugs these can put him in prison up to 20 years people who get there to support him in moscow today took it as a victory journalists human rights activists and friends came to the court in the early morning and state here till midnight in the court of un go enough has not admitted his guilt and pointed out that it might be connected with his last still

unpublished investigation about funeral business in russia and high ranking officials here mentioned that he has been receiving threats iran will stay under house arrest till the sentence of august. well the 2nd day of the women's world cup is a lot and joining me now to find out what happened is max merrill from sports max thanks for joining so germany play the game against china watch. well germany go into this one as reluctant favorites if you will they on paper should be favorites but they would probably say they lack in the experience the coach martina fostex only took over 6 months ago and there are 15 play is in the squad who are playing that very 1st world cup tournament they face china who aren't considered one of the favorites but they had a bit of a difficult time against them and they were lucky that china was so wasteful let's take a look at the highlights. germany almost got off to a dream start with this opportunity in the 3rd minute not a day brits firing just inches one china had

a chance 10 minutes later one showing sharon should have pulled the trigger sooner i dorsenne conjugate deflecting the shot in the nick of time. china came agonizingly close again as young lead curled an exquisite effort into alamo childes post i made huge let off for germany. germany's big break arrived in the 2nd half of dawson college a corner was cleared but only as far as julia when the midfielder smashing home to put her son died in the lead for good. one nil the final score and coach martina fostex limburg could be happy that her team came away with a scrappy victory. surprisingly tight victory for germany but an amazing game for julia given all the time tell me a bit more about her well she's only 19 and yes she was the highlight of a match in which germany really struggled and especially the defense struggled and

it's great for her because it's her 1st ever goal for germany her world cup debut at the age of 19 and there's a lot of high hopes on her so you know she had to hit the ground running to get that pressure off and good on her to get the gold in the tournament and we caught up with her off the match so let's hear what she had to say. and very happy it's still very close to score gold at their world cup and. i've got this many it should congratulate him it's a beautiful feeling. big career ahead as you're leo his day but we also saw a nigeria take on norway how did that one play out well norway one of the favorites in the tournament as well and they dealt with that challenge very easily 3 no when we have a look at some of the goals actually they have world champions. $995.00 and they got an early goal through google right and which took the pressure off scored 3 in the 1st half and it really wasn't a contest ever even though not geria are

a threat. no way curiously a player without their best player other hager bad hasn't been playing for the national side in 2017 and they may be familiar she was voted the 1st female by a long door winner of the player of the year but hasn't played in as i say for what since $117.00 because she says there's a lack of respect for female players in the way and she wants to fight that course not at the tournament but they've done well with masses of thanks meryl thanks that update well here's one business that shows big a isn't always better at garden gnomes have a long history in germany one of the country's last traditional no manufacturers my soon to be forced to close its doors. right now to grieve is the 4th generation in his family to make known for a living his great grandfather founded the company in $874.00 now israel just looking ahead to retirement and that's created something of a problem. no one searching for

a successor who works like we have done this but at the moment i can't find anyone who has the coverage to go on making gnomes here in germany he got. this from his workshop is in grief in a village in what was east germany shortly before the fall of the bear then mall in 1990 the firm had 60 employees now you just 3 people work here anyone taking over will need attention to detail. they shouldn't because it's a bit between the shirt and the tries is needs to be very precise and bright colors and quirky expressions there are many other reasons known as continue to be popular . there gotten spark to the name radiates a certain kind of friendliness so gnomes tend to be made with smiling faces and i believe we humans need that there are enough stupid faces around us.

for right now it also gives tours of his workshop and there's even a small museum on site entirely dedicated to nums enthusiastic they're smiley faces who want to sit here forever. you know watching daily news from berlin coming up next shift living in the digital age or news headlines coming at the top of the hour thanks for watching. curious. yourself. don't miss out.