this is date every news live from chad holds presidential elections with only one likely winner terry and made it interesting he is expected to extend his 30 year rule critics call him a desk all about supporters say he's got the guys extremists we hear from our reporter in chad also coming out goals galore as champions league contenders frankfurt involves bugs where all in the good this lake is.

on rebecca reasons welcome to the program voting is underway in chad in a presidential election with several candidates bob the expected winner is already clear members of the armed forces will 1st to cost their ballots it's widely anticipated the incumbent will win the 1st round authoritarian president indra's debbie has ruled chad since he ses power some 30 years ago his main rivals have been barred from running or have called out claiming intimidation fred vignette reports from chad which is home to nearly half a 1000000 refugees and place a k role in battling islamic extremism in the sun hell region. interested b. is an experienced military man with that arc of marshall. he says have achieved this military i couldn't wait he came to power in 1993.

and he has stayed in power since then. was at this campaign rally in the capital in jermyn a he jokes that he's been in power cease before he's supported as we have borne for some like he's aid might there be is a hero. and a group that has come a long way. behind felipe built this country. president debbie has 30 years of experience and he had given 30 years of sacrifice for this country. but his critics say d.b. is a ruthless dictator 6 had hoped to be on the ballot paper this year to challenge interested b. but his dreams of becoming

a president we had dashed because 2 shouldn't change so presidential candidates must now be 40 or older must income bit. i am 38 this year and he decided that because he don't want me to run for office he turned the minimum age required so he moved it from $35.00 to $45.00 and people started talking saying that this is not normal he decides to reduce it to 40 so to make sure that my stock on to run for office initially 10 candidates we have proved by the electoral commission some of them have already withdrawn from the race saying the recall process is neither creative book nor peaceful. india captain jermyn or only one figure is not support huge billboards and long grieve interesting is the only visible campaign slogan this man has been in power

for 30 years the majority of the people of chad have not seen any other president but president. now he's running for another time. chad's population is one of the poorest in the world young people complain they can't find jobs i do has a master's in political science but he's been unemployed for the last 10 years to see some os. to put them on the i'm joe place. and i would like the government to create jobs for the u.s. because young people most young people are unemployed is a life we can't live without we're. sunday's action is set to go ahead without the participation of key your position is making it likely that they be who succeed in his bid to extend his.

of the more let's bring in data correspondent fred you filed that report he's in the capital non-germane there fred the winner of this election seems already certain is there any point to the election. well the opposition is saying that there's no point of course of voting because i mean they know that at the end of the day there is only one candidate who is going to be the winner and there's no point of going to vote when we actually know who is going to be the winner but then the supporters of president idriss deby they're saying that they have to exercise their civic duty or voting their favorite candidate so i mean there are 2 sides here those that are supporting president idriss deby the man who has been in power for 30 years and also the opposition who want change and they all

they have actually courted today's vote saying that it's neither i mean peaceful or transparent what is the security situation there surrounding these elections. that it's very tense it's very tense this whole week capito in germany looks like a war zone where you see a heavy military and police. of course in charge this is one of the 5 countries in this hour here which is is sick you are there the hardest all over but now it's this is very special because there the government was expecting their opposition supporters to be out there to actually put is so it's not only the jihad these who are threatening the safety of the people here but also they're expecting that the opposition members they're also going to come out and protest. now divvy is praised

by his supporters for efforts against islamist in the range and but how popular is among the general population. well. i mean the man has been powerful 30 years he's. most of the young people have not seen any of the please do but team he's really known but when you come here in the cup to most people they want they want change they want to new phrase but individual people yeah they see you see him as if you so and yeah it's very tricky to see how people practice is because i mean when people have seen annoying the other possible for the last 30 yards what i've been a good thing to do i mean there's nothing else to see and there's something someone else to vote for it's in the order of one person. all right fred thank you fred

movement and chad. for well let's turn now to some other stories making headlines around the world security forces in man man have killed at least 80 people in the latest crackdown on pro-democracy protesters rights groups expect the death toll from the clashes in the city of bongo to rise and pain and turmoil since the army scenes from the civilian government in february. 8 people have been killed in an earthquake on indonesia's main island of java the quake damaged buildings and injured victims it's the 2nd natural disaster to hit in the nature in a week hundreds died in flooding and mudslides on another island east florence. a volcanic eruption has darkened the skies and blanketed the caribbean island of st vincent with ash thousands of residents have been evacuated after the most dramatic outbreak break at last of a mountain in decades soldiers have been delivering food and water supplies to

shelters where thousands of evacuees are now stank. ecuador is holding presidential elections then a pitting a left wing wing economist promising free money against a full bank of promising tax cuts his of fame tell to bring their own pencils to mark their ballots under pandemic conditions. the ecuadorian general elections are coming to a close and the rest are roused the left wing candidate gives one last speech to fire up his constituents without respect and social distancing roles thousands of people join to celebrate his potential victory. and i don't want him and i rose will be the president and we the people will be watchful of his government i mean that you know. the right way to do that we are more lasso also parade through the streets of quito the 65 year old blanco is running for president for the 3rd time

he promises to lower taxes increase the minimum wage and build 200003 houses you know what i read yes. i ask all people to vote for guillermo last of the sunday follow biosecurity measures were mass and bring out the whole. once the campaign is over all eyes will be here in the national electoral council the building security has been reinforced authorities fear of bax as many people doubt the institutions integrity. their thoughts of this institution have been always open that's why there is not the slightest doubt that our work is highly technical we will respond to and respect what the bill is present the boss in the meantime tension is palpable industry or society has become highly polarized between the right on the left besides getting the pandemic under control and

creating measures to facilitate an economic recovery the greatest challenge the next president will face unifying all ecuadorians during national record structure . germany's right wing populist alternative to germany party has been holding a convention to plan for national elections in september hundreds of delegates are meeting in person in the eastern city of dresden despite rising cases of coronavirus embracing pandemic skepticism is now part of the strategy. they're the biggest opposition party in germany but on saturday they mostly stood in opposition to each other alternative for germany's election campaign launch was sidetracked by internal power struggles the party shying away from choosing their top candidates for september's federal election those wanting to topple current leader your turn for being too moderate will have to wait. for that we are now

going into the election campaign internal struggles for positions or disputes have to rest and we have to deal with the opponent outside. we as a party want to bring a different spin to politics. their lead candidates will be chosen in the coming weeks the far right party was founded in 2013 focusing on euro skepticism but in recent times though they've been capitalizing on anti immigration views. one thing that's remained constant is the turmoil at the top with the leadership often riven by very public factional disputes that's something they're hoping to avoid this time as they meet in dresden to agree on their policy platform this election they're looking for votes in dissatisfaction with coronavirus restrictions they also stated a desire to leave the european union and reject action on the environment.

we in germany are not able to have a big influence on climate change. when you look at the programme of the green party if we achieve that that is the destruction of our industry and of our industry that's not what we want. with polling around 12 percent and most parties are already refusing to join a coalition with them a limited role seems likely to await the a.f.d. in the next german parliament. now in the bundesliga is big game so vols travel to frank said both teams have been in fine form this season so it was no surprise this match was a goal frenzy. firepower to an already potent frank 1st attack. on the other hand have one of the league's best defenses back to cold them in front with just 6 minutes gone. the lido lasted 2 minutes.

she commodified in to me style rection media to trade that stop and visiting defense. frankfurt had the momentum their top scorer andre silva muscled his way down the right. young alone knew which to direct just sharing his parent club ray outrage won't let me sing. the defensive mix up had wolfsburg back to level immediately after half time to vote fake horst. but the hosts were relentless fast silver scored his 23rd of the season to make it 32 before another punishing attack was eventually finished off by eric. for 2 and still 30 minutes left to play. a brief goal truce was broken in the closing stages frankfurt defender pushing

through his own net. but it was nothing more than a consolation for wolfsburg as frankfurt held on to the wayne already hooter's side cementing their grip on the champions league places. and watching the daily news well have more headlines coming out the top of the eye until then as always our web site a w dot com thanks for watching. we're all so. to go up this citizenship. as we take on the. stories that matter to. me. fire me.