this is news of live from berlin around 100 people are arrested in kazakhstan as they speak out against the country's presidential election saying the outcome is not in doubt also coming up. hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets in hong kong to demand the repeal of a law they could see suspects extradited to mainland china to face charges. and a young australian breaks a 46 year drought in paris ashley breaking through for her 1st grand slam title.

i'm michael ok welcome to the program around 100 people have been arrested at protests as kazakstan holds a presidential election internet services in the central asian country have also reportedly been shut down the protesters are accusing authorities of running a sham vote it's the 1st time since independence nearly 30 years ago that their country's soviet era ruler will not be on the ballot and many had been calling for change but once again there's little doubt who the winner will be. it was meant to be seen miss transition to a real democracy but instead this. opposition protesters being rounded up in several cities during elections. the central asian countries

1st new president in almost 3 decades. there are 7 candidates running to replace the longtime former leader knows the time is up by f. but only one is expected to come out on top. and pick the successor interim president casting. a generation of catholics as no no other leader another by f. and many of them feel will do little to bring change to the former soviet country. one of them is opposition activists. who spoke to d.w. from all mati just shortly before he himself was arrested at a rally. i think it's quite clear that once you have stepped up their rules of the streets them actually come out oppose. it and wait we expect. we're going to see if she going to ask for their rallies to go to try to speak to to gather the people on

the squares to detroit really support. part called out through the current political right now do you believe. critical tracks in there are t.v. personalities they're not coursework to start or to collaborate with there. are a 3 so what you can throw back you can't really. give a shit contributed to society iraq here. for his parts to caiaphas brushed aside concerns about police crackdown from protesters saying his administration would build up a dialogue with those who support the government and those who are against the government. these images though will do little to persuade the opposition in kazakhstan that their voices will be had when their new leader takes up the reins of power there. joining me now in the studio is julie a box learner who is

a journalist born and raised in causing sin and i understand recently work there as well. julie a hundreds of thousands hundreds of people i should say were arrested during these elections. even though that the current leader promised smooth transition here what to say to people who might doubt that there will ever be a democracy in kazakhstan yeah i mean what is a face that there is no big change to wait like from those elections. so there is ignition 1st of the form of president spreading like sparkle of hope and especially in the circus of activists i know and even political analysts were like kind of having the sparkle of hope feeling soon a turnout is an illusion and what you see now is exactly what everybody was afraid of. so what we can like hope is that these

actions. today like it was was a protest and the beginning of june and in may so that the people who are arrested now going to be released like maybe 15 days after. this what we see today like as brutal as it seems on pictures. bad thoughts of people and activists fraid of is that actually this crackdown that's. going to grow even like after the even going to grow yes so. this is what the experts are freed up there afraid of that's a crackdown well and increase and activists movements which we see now which we have seen in the last weeks. going to be more and more repressed curious about this i mean the internet observatory blocks has revealed that during these arrests at the exact time of these arrests that the internet went down for more than an hour throughout the entire country so what does this say about the current situation i'm

curious about what the folks you talk to are saying yeah this is what was happening also for the 1st of my protests this is like. yeah a tactic the state uses because like oh all of the purchase going on like in the cyber space maybe you have seen it. so many many use movements actually all organized in the cyber space so this is why of course inventor sat down so what do you see it's like as a slogan of the new president to a way to cry if. it's going to be him and a few hours is continued see i think especially the focus is on continued to of course he wants progress too but what we see is this is just a transition of power ever seeing as orchestrated since 3 years of us black and that this transition gonna take place and this is. actually what we see also is

that this state is a freight and this is why the actions are taking place this brutal actions of crackdowns of the demonstrations this state is afraid and therefore its citizens are probably freighters well julie bludgers i thank you very much for joining us appreciate it in hong kong hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets for a huge rally against the proposed extradition law the law would allow suspects to be sent to mainland china to face trial critics of the bill this could lead to arbitrary detention and unfair trials on congress return to china in 1907 but has kept its own system of justice today's march is the largest in the city in more than a decade. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in sudan opposition supporters have begun a general strike in protest at a military crackdown reports from the capital khartoum say many are taking part in dozens have been killed since militia broke up

a pro-democracy sit in in khartoum nearly a week ago. a russian court has put a prominent journalist under house arrest even good known for investigating corruption among moscow city officials was detained on thursday for alleged drug offenses earlier he was taken to hospital close friend told v.w. news a cooling off had been beaten while in custody. g. 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 today all sort of knowledge the risk to the global economy posed by the u.s. trying to trade conflict but stopped short of calling for a resolution. several people have been hurt in a stampede at washington d.c.'s pride parade panic broke out amid false remote bloomers of an active shooter at the annual event police say 7 parade goers sustained injuries in the commotion. thousands of people have crossed into columbia

after venezuelan president nicolas maduro reopen the pedestrian border bridge it was shut for 4 months ago following a dispute with bogota over human and cumana tarion age many venezuelans cost to look for food and medicine due to severe economic and political crises at home. thousands of people have crossed into colombia after venezuelan president nicolas maduro reopened that pedestrian bridge many cross to look for food and medicine due to the severe economic and political crisis at home. hewing for hours for the chance to buy vital supplies this was how around 30000 venezuelans spent the day on saturday when this border crossing in the western states of touch it out was reopened for the 1st time in 4 months president nicolas maduro promised on friday to open this bridge to colombia but many were frustrated that the containments

blocking the road had not been removed resulting in bottlenecks as. before through narrow caps. think that if the border is open they'd remove the containers remove everything so that it's really an open border. this is just another policy from the dictator maduro crazy policy because if you really want to open the border he would open it for vehicles to. the containers have been here since february they were put in place to prevent the opposition bringing in aid supplies migiro so as a pretext for foreign military intervention. since then venezuela has remained in political deadlock president maduro has the support of the country's military and powerful allies in china and russia. but the head of the opposition says he's the country's rightful leader and has been recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries including the u.s.

and germany. it's not clear how long this crossing will remain open most of those here are traveling to colombia just for the day but the u.n. says that almost 4000000 venezuelans 15 percent of the population have fled abroad to. neighboring countries are struggling to cope with the influx of refugees actress angelina jolie visiting a camp and colombia as a special envoy for the un's refugee agency warns that resources are wearing. the impact on public services here in colombia is staggering some border hospitals are now providing emergency health care to as many venezuelans as colombia was. on both sides of the border venezuelans a struggling to make ends meet amidst a crisis that still shows no signs of abating.

at the french open the men's final will be played today with rafael nadal looking for a record 12 title in paris that follows australian ashley barty winning the 1st grand slam singles title of her career on saturday. it was a final nobody would have predicted neither ash party nor markets of andro should have played in a grand slam singles final before. the more experienced barty took control from the start she won the 1st 4 games of the match and this 400 winner gave her the 1st set 611 draw couldn't fight back in the 2nd. with the score at 5 games to 3 boxy converted the 1st match point with a thunderous smash to confirm her victory in straight sets was a special moment for the queensland who becomes the 1st australian to win the french open since 1973.

australia and italy kicked off their women's world cup campaigns with a thrilling group c. clash the game was all square at one all going into the last minute of injury time but it only would strike a dagger into australian hearts when barbara going to see us forward after her 2nd goal of the game to seal the result in dramatic fashion to one final result. here's one business that shows bigger isn't always better garden gnomes have a long history in germany but one of the country's last traditional gnomes manufacturers may soon be forced to close its doors. but 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 now you very well just looking ahead to retirement and that's created something of a problem. i know i'm searching for a successor who works like we have done but at the moment i can't find anyone who

has to coverage to go on making names 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. from the sheer they shouldn't because the 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. 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 there smiley faces won't disappear forever. coming up next world stories looking at rising knife crime in the u.k. that's war coming at the top of the hour i'm like local in berlin thanks for joining to. know crowd and they will not succeed in dividing us not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking a stand global news that matters. made for mines. entering the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions.