you want to become a citizen. informer grids your platform for reliable information. this is data news live from berlin huge protests take place in hong kong hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets to demand the repeal of a law that could see people extradited to mainland china to face charges also coming up. 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 off or a tear in the list that's a victory. and in football a teenage star is born in france as germany make a winning start at the women's world cup. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program in hong kong hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets for a huge rally against a proposed extradition what will the law would allow suspects to be sent to mainland china to face trial critics of the bill fear this could lead to arbitrate attention and unfair trials hong kong was returned to china in 1907 but has kept its own system of justice since then today's march is the largest in the city in more than a decade. at stake now to editor in chief of hong kong free press tom grundy

who's in kong kong and he's following the protests from there tom a huge number of people have come to join the protest why is this so important to citizens of hong kong now. well yes pretty unprecedented numbers it's only in the last few moments that we've seen actually people. finish coming out of the stock. 4 hours ago when it began with talking at least half a 1000000 i would imagine haven't seen since the 2003 when there was a national security law protests that basically hong kong is a very concerned president could be extradited to mainland china where there are concerns about rule of law and human rights compared to the hong kong and i'm quite conservative on government friendly being let alone just didn't journalist groups long meant. almost fully our people screaming at the victoria park station with police not opening all of the language they proceeded to government

headquarters and chanting spank the evil wall and oppose china extradition will become to pull around government headquarters a couple of hours ago and around the legislature. we're looking at some of the pictures now i look incredible don't tell us a little bit about why the introduction of this extradition law is being debated now. well the hong kong government proposed legal amendments in february that would allow the city to the case by case extradition requests from jewish tradition that had no private greenman most notably that includes taiwan and china was triggered by a murder case involving a hong konger in cali one but even taiwan and said now that because of that coming in nature opposed laws they want. the current in hong kong with done all they can just call it as the legislature but the government is pushing it through in an accelerated manner to arrive at the main gist this chamber on wednesday in

a matter of weeks because it doesn't seem going to be much turning back. has there been any reaction from hong kong's leaders to this huge opposition. chief executive carry a number of kids are coming in there and what i imagine there will be a press release late as we get an idea of some of the figures it will be also ignore but then again probation lawmaker routine yesterday that this protest will have no straight the government or what but not going to come to him on earth or. how alarmed the chief executive on beijing and indicated that although some concessions have been made here that the law is going. like a day because and i'm president and we. will be there's another we're on. time grundy reporting from hong kong editor in chief of hong kong free press thanks very much for the update thank you kazakstan is

voting today to elect a new president it's the 1st time since independence the long time thora tarion later. not be on the ballot of the world's last soviet era later ruled the central asian nation with an iron fist for nearly 3 decades but in march he unexpectedly stepped down handing over the reins to his protege kasim talk is expected to win the election. joining me now from in kazakstan is journalist reed standish reed we hear about mass arrests can you tell us a bit more about that. yeah well today is election day and has extent and it's been a wave of protests across the country there's been about 100 hundreds of arrests because of these protests over what people see as you know and i'm free vote and

i'm free election. so there's been a. journalist the rest of as well including a british colleague of mine who was a hauled away earlier today and got a little roughed up by police and in the scuffle. and it's part of a wider kind of protest but that's been growing in the country over the last few months that was sort of kicked off by not survives resignation well talk a if who is considered an ally to the ex-president now as is expected to win these elections what signal does that send to the population well i think the signal that it's sending is one of continuity that's the message sent both to cairo and not survive press during this transition and it's something that has officials have said to me as well they're really trying to sell stability continuity to the population not change and given that the pilot is a staunch loyalist in concert by arabs. and that now is a bio that even though he's resigned from the presidency he's still very much in power and will continue to be in power as one of the most influential people in the

country so that's really watch what that signal is and saying this is not a moment of change this is not a moment for any kind of political opening rink where does that leave the kazakh opposition. well there isn't really much of an opposition left in the country you know 30 years of mexico's rule has eliminated any kind of organized opposition or driven it into exile the last few months have been interested in the country because they've seen a new wave a new type of city in danger meant to activism especially coming from younger kazakhs those that are born out of the collapse of the soviet union and during that span that not only held protests and shown their dissent but they tried to organize a kind of loose political movement but they face some pretty tremendous obstacles moving forward and will likely continue to come under pressure both today and in the future you know there's not really much democratic infrastructure in this country so they're really trying to build something from scratch which is extremely difficult to do. stand. thanks very much.

thank you. now though some of the other stories making news around the world a russian court has put a prominent journalist under house arrest yvonne golden also known for his in investigating corruption among moscow a city of it officials was detained on thursday for alleged drug offenses earlier on saturday the 36 year old was temporarily hospitalized for medical tests after he claimed he was beaten in police custody. 20 leaders have agreed to come up with common rules to ensure a fair international taxation of global tech giants like facebook and google ending a 2 day meeting they also acknowledge the risks that to the global economy posed by the newest china trade conflict but stopped short of calling for a resolution. thousands of people have crossed into colombia after venezuelan president nicolas maduro reopened a pedestrian border bridge it was shot 4 months ago following

a dispute with bogota over humanitarian aid many venezuelans crossed to look for food medicine juta the severe economic and political crisis at home. is to football now on day 2 of the women's world cup so one of the tournament favorites to take the field joining me to discuss all of it is max merrill from date of useful it's mike thanks for coming in so germany by their 1st game against china did the match live up to expectations well i wouldn't say so quite because germany as you mentioned all favorites in this tournament and they struggled a little bit early on and didn't really put in a dominant display that we saw for instance from france were another one of the favorites you could argue germany is still sort of feeling it out because their coach has only been there for 6 months once you have a startling book out and 15 of the squads players have a play in the very 1st world cup tournament so it might take them a little time to find their groove but let's take a look at the highlights from the much. germany almost got off to

a dream start with this opportunity in the 3rd minute on a day brits firing just inches one china had a chance 10 minutes later one chunk shand should have pulled the trigger sooner i do it in conduit deflecting the shot in the nick of time. china came agonizingly close again is young lead curled an exquisite effort into 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 herself in the lead for good. one nil the final score and coach mike tina fostex limburg could be happy that her team came away with a scrappy victory. time much tighter than expected victory there but what a moment for julie what tell me about her performance yet will she was the

highlight and otherwise disappointing performance from germany especially germany's defense does look pretty shaky and as we saw a loud shiner a few looks all go for her though a world cup debut at the age of 19 straight off to a flying start scoring their big high hopes attached to her head of this tournament so for her perhaps also a very good to get the pressure off early on and all reports in rent actually caught up with the match that's here which i. am very happy it's still very close to score gold at their world cup and. i've got many credit congratulations and it's a beautiful feeling. wow good on her that's like so young so doing so well for exciting to say that nigeria also took on norway is there any signs there that nigerians can lay serious climbed thank challenges well my dear it was seen as sort of an outside shot i mean it didn't look too great yes there because norway who was one of the clear favorites and have won the world cup. previously in 1905 again

have a good squad early on they got to grow. and grow right to scoring early on and 3 goals in the 1st half and that pretty much put the game to bed i do think nigeria in the 2nd half found themselves a little bit more and we could see them challenge other teams in the tournament but against the way they want to threat and this is a no way side you are missing their best player other hager back the bottom dorwin of the 1st female bond or women who hasn't been playing for the national side since 27 seen protesting injustice and inequality in the sport but no way already it's off to a good scope to start with well we'll follow them closely maxwell thanks so much for coming in. and just updating you on another story that we're following in sudan opposition supporters have begun a general strike in protest at a military crackdown report from khartoum rather say many are taking part streets deserted in and around the capital dozens have been killed since militia broke up

a pro-democracy sit in in khartoum nearly a week ago. but here in germany is one business that shows big a isn't always better at garden gnomes have a long history here but one of the country's last traditional 9 manufacturers may soon be forced to close its doors. right now it's grievous the 4th generation in his family to make gnomes 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. i'm searching for a successor who works like we have done but at the moment i can't find anyone who has the courage to go on making gnomes here in germany he got in. his workshop is in grief in a village in what was east germany shortly before the fall of the bear them all in 1909 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 in 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. right now it also gives tours of his workshop and there's even a small museum on site entirely dedicated to numerous enthusiastic hope their smiley faces won't disappear forever. you're watching d.w. news and don't forget you can always get date over the news on the goal of just

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