this is due to the news live from berlin chad holds presidential elections with only one lucky winner authoritarian leader a interest that he is expected to extend his 30 year rule that critics call him a desk lost while supporters say he got a constant stream of we hear from our reporter. also coming up the battle to replace on. the 2 rivals hoping to run for chancellor of pitching in front of germany's conservative lawmakers today our political editor tells us there's golf the best chance. and goals galore of champions league contenders frank and both

books square off in the bundesliga a clash. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program voting is underway in chad in a presidential election in which the expected when a is already clear though it has have been casting their ballots and although there are several candidates running for office it's widely anticipated the incumbent will win terry and president idriss deby has ruled chad since he sings power some 30 years ago his main rivals have been barred from standing all have pulled out claiming intimidation. fragment when you're reports from chad which is home to nearly half a 1000000 refugees and plays a key role in battling islamic extremism in the sawhill region.

interested b. is an experienced military man with the rank of marshal officers have achieved this military i call it. he came to power in 1993 in military coup and he has stayed in power since then. was at this campaign rally in the capital in jenin or he jokes that he's been in power since before his supporters we're born for some like he's 8 might there be is a hero. and a cruel judge has come a long way. we have 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 debbie is a ruthless dictator. 6 had hoped to be on the ballot paper this year to challenge interest deby but his dreams of becoming a president we had dashed because 2 should boards change so presidential candidates must now be 40 or older must come bit. i am 38 this year and he decided that because he don't want me to run for office he tanked 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so to make a. run for office initially 10 candidates we have proved by direct to a commission some of them have already withdrawn from the race saying the richtel

process is neither credible nor peaceful. india captain jermyn or only one figure is not simple and huge billboards and long greve interested bt nor is there only a 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 either the beating or 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 the political science but he's been unemployed for the last 10 years to see. them on the 100 plus. i would like the government to create jobs for the us because young people most young people are unemployed it's

not life we can't live without we're. sunday's election is set to go ahead without the participation of your position is making it unlikely that they'd be succeed in his bid to extend his. well for more let's bring in dana emily correspondent friend nathaniel who filed that report he's in the capital nj amana 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 or 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 void when we you actually know who is going to be the winner but then the supporters of president idriss deby they're

saying that's 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're out there they have actually courted today's vote saying that it's nader i mean peace for 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 and where you see a heavy military and police. of course charge is one of the 5 countries in this eye here which is in secure their jihad just all over but now it's this is very special because they're there the government was expecting their opposition

supporters to the out there to actually put is so it's not only the jihad this world. put it in this if 2 of the people here but also they're expecting that the opposition members they're also going to come out and protest. now debbie is praised by his supporters for efforts against islamist in the region but how popular is he among the general population. which is still for clear ikea even i mean the man has been powerful as he is that most of the young people have not seen any of the previous didn't but team so he's really known but when you come here in the cup to most people they want they want change they wanted a new phrase but in the villages people yeah they see you see him as if so yeah it's very tricky to see how proud she is because i mean when people have seen

annoying the other person for the last 30 years what are they good thing to do i mean there's nothing else to see and someone else to vote for is in the order of one person. all right fred thank you have a news fred and chad. let's turn now to some other stories making headlines around the world voting is underway in ben's presidential election on sunday the poll follows a week of violent protests against incumbent a trait to trace tallow in office since 26 saying he's heavily favored to win a 2nd term in the west african country. 8 people have been killed and more injured after an earthquake struck in the nation's main island of java the quake damaged at least a 1000 buildings and the 2nd natural disaster to hit in the nature in a week after hundreds died in flooding and mudslides on another island. 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 mud. dramatic outbreak at last a fair mountain in decades soldiers have been delivering food and water supplies to shelters where thousands of evacuees are now staying. here in germany the racist succeed under merkel as chancellor is heating up conservatives to his speeches from the 2 most likely candidates for the post lunch that has long been viewed as the favorite he's the leader of merkel. and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia but some a urging him to step aside in favor. he's changed of the cd use conservative system in the state of the various his national profile has grown cheering the pandemic. joining me now is chief political editor he's in front of the german parliament

where that meeting is taking place. all of these 2 potential contenders for their party's candidate who's riding highest in the opinion polls. all about. the very state premier and the very. few and he's the man who hasn't even declared officially yet that he is driving to beat these huge conservative union can do that so we're here in the old position both parties have put themselves in the position of having a gathering here where they want to talk about the future and say that they want to pick their candidate very far with one of them not even having officially declared we expect some headway to be made behind closed doors i mean last it would be the natural successor but he wouldn't be the 1st to fail to get into pole position after and it could come how does the former leader already. within her own party

now malachi that has positioned himself as being the most committed of the to stop holding on the american. how will that help him. how much i should say not helping him well it should help him a lot but it's not helping him right now because marco food the more charismatic of the 2 which is safe to say is the one who is making a point of sounding. where we are particularly over the question of lockdown where the opening said take. some kind of distance from the positions of the chance and this is home to him in the opinion polls among students writing sky high there and i'm alas it is struggling although he is in a pole position technically to really get all of the support behind him that he needs a week spectum to still have more support within his own party but he himself says this is the afaf that there's an end should be the countess's with the best chance

of that the ballot box in those general elections in september and as opinion polls stand right now although with days that would be his colleagues from the very very interesting discussions taking place behind me in the parliament. given that the party members are impatient for a candidate to be named how soon can we expect a decision do you think. well the degree the greens are declaring a week from now on monday and i would expect the party not have a result by tonight but over the next coming days is what we're hearing and we could expect to learn who would succeed angle immaculately in running for chancellor for the conservatives in those elections in september. thank you very much political it is a. sport now in the winter slate is big games of travel to frankfurt both teams have been in fine form this season so it

was no surprise that this match was a goal frenzy. has added firepower to an already potent frankfurt attack. on the other hand have one of the league's best different series back to coach them in france with just 6 minutes gone. the lido lasted 2 minutes. she can modify it in simi style rection media 2 trick that stop and visiting defense. frankfurt had the momentum their top scorer andre silva muscled his way down the right. young no new rich to direct just sharing his parent club ray outrage was that missing. a defensive mix up had wolfsburg back to level the mediately after half time he vowed fake horsed. but the hosts were relentless fast silver scored his 23rd of the season to make it

32 before another punishing attack was eventually released off by eric. paul 2 and still stay a few minutes left to play. a brief go truce was broken in the closing stages frankfurt defender pushing through his own match but it was nothing more than a consolation for all spoke as frankfurt held on to the wayne already hooter's side cementing their grip on the champions league places. well meanwhile going as they get champions by a new nic we're looking to maintain a 7 point lead but visitors in your own berlin had other ideas and would have plated by injury and suspension and some nifty footwork behind your mountains iana put the variance in front thomas well it did well to set the shot up and the youngster did the rest but with just minutes left to play marcus invites an equalized union

a win for 2nd place lives ish cuts fines lead to 5 points. in watching data being used in. tech shows shift is up next after a short break we'll have more headlines at the top of the hour until then as always our web site dot com i'm rebecca richest thanks for watching. important new. smoking news healthy poster swords are good for the being. global warming doesn't exist. until he goes.