this is d.w. news live from berlin venezuela goes to the polls for presidential elections the incumbent leader nicolas maduro is seeking a second term as the opposition largely boycotts the vote his victory is almost certain critics are calling the election a farce also coming up britain's royal family thanks well wishers following prince harry's wedding to make it markel couples get off to a private reception following the ceremony to bring you all the royal wedding highlights. and the japanese drama shoplifters scoops the palme d'or at this

year's cannes film festival. thanks for joining us i'm marrying a evanston venezuelans are heading to the polls in an election that is expected to hand president nicolas maduro a second term in office the duro has already cast his vote but opposition parties have promised to boycott the elections more than twenty million venezuelans are eligible to vote but forecasters are expecting a low turnout in the oil rich country has descended into economic turmoil undermine duros socialist government. well this year inflation has reached an all time high of more than thirteen thousand percent the rising prices have hit workers and

business owners in the pocket but it's been hearing not everyone blames the government. there isn't much cash flowing in venezuela apart from public transport and street food little is paid for with coins and notes most businesses have been forced to adapt to card payments and reduction in sales. only know i say less and have fewer clients because of the situation it is becoming too expensive for people to buy clothing or any other personal items. quite get out of the. look at an effort feel i let them pay whatever they have. because they all want to pay with cards. but because i don't have the technology for that i let them pay me in cash with whatever they are carrying. according to some experts the two main causes of inflation are a waste of oil profits and corruption at all levels of government.

a communist economy that explode and didn't make an effort to keep the companies running led to a brutal decline in oil revenues. that has been creating shortages and pushing up inflation. so what's the figure ten thousand fifteen thousand twenty thousand percent. we don't know. we do know the prices are doubling every month. you know how many polls show that most venezuelans are eating just one meal a day and to buy basic food items they have to stand in line for hours on average venezuelans lost eleven kilos last year due to food shortages and hyper inflation is so bad that you can barely buy what aapl with the monthly wage. but many

venezuelans don't blame the government they say the real cause is an economic war orchestrated by the us and i go in this way that then venezuela helps so many countries. and now because we don't cave into their demands. they close all the borders and impose sanctions without a reason get over it. knowing rich country nothing happens by chance. we have more than three hundred billion barrels of oil is in reserves. the north american empire and the big multinationals holding the venezuelan people hostage and that's why. people are being forced to take increasingly desperate measures to survive and it's unclear what the next government will do to improve their plight. and now look at some of the other stories making news around the world. in hawaii

a fast moving law is poor in from the side of the killer way a volcano threatening a key escape route the flows of molten rock are advancing towards homes in a coastal highway the hawaiian national guard has warned of mandatory evacuations if more roads become blocked by law. an attack on an orthodox church in the russian province of church now has left a church goer and two police officers dead four armed men raided the church during the service they were killed by sea. curity forces now is the mostly muslim region with a history of separatist violence. french film director lucas song is under investigation for rape according to the french radio station europe one a woman filed charges with french police alleging the song drugged and raped her in a paris hotel the sun is one of france's best known film directors. the cannes film festival began over

a week ago and the top prize has now been awarded it went to the japanese movie shoplifters the film takes a challenging look at conventional views of what constitutes a family over all this year's festival was more politically charged than usual. it was japanese director he calls who put it out who was the night's big winner nabbing the main prize the part of goal. his film shopping list is tells of a makeshift family trying to keep afloat by resorting to petty theft in order to supplement their meager incomes. the film was a favorite of audiences and critics and it won over the jury to. the went to american director spike lee. his film black klansman is based on the true story of a black police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleagues who together

infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the nineteen seventies. for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded the special palme d'or it went to cinema legend. for his experimental film essay the image book. wanted edition in the me too movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia argento gave a speech saying there were abuses sitting in the cannes audience who had yet to be outed that was gentle says she was raped at the festival one nine hundred ninety seven by disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein among. us directing legend martin scorsese was awarded to go every couple store and ten. john likely to see his next film here. scorsese shot the irishman for netflix and the company's films are effectively banned from cannes. that's because it's

decided that streaming them online is more important than releasing them in french movie theaters. at last one two three it was back after a seven year absence following a controversy all press conference in which he expressed sympathy for adult hitler . i understand him. the off the cuff comments were not mean seriously but they caused a major scandal. he managed to avoid getting into hot water at his press conference this time but he still provoked with the extreme violence of his new movie the house that jack built. more than one hundred people felt compelled to leave the galloper media. and my film is like a roller coaster ride if everyone feels vine it's no fun live it only works if

someone feels sick. before the door. but there was a standing ovation it seems from today is serial killer movie has deeply divided opinion people think it's either a crude and senseless provocation or great cinema. the british royal family has thanks well wishers around the world following the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle the couple now officially the duke and duchess of sussex tie the knot on saturday the wedding ceremony broke with tradition adding modern elements and celebrating the bryants african-american heritage. in a gallon by you've all she can markel arrives to meet her prince. walking down part of the aisle on the arm of harry's father prince charles her own father in hospital following a heart surgery. but her mother she did right in front of the altar.

prince harry the sixth in line to the british throne and markel a u.s. actor and women's rights advocate met just two years ago now that you have exchanged vows. with your take on to be your wife when you're not. comfortable on a project and forsaking all of them be faithful to her as long as you both shall live i will. do the ceremony was unconventional by royal standards but the song performed by a british gospel group can be heard and an energetic sermon by a u.s. episcopal bishop in marriage and the tired old world when love is the way you went went along the way until three sacrificial redemptive when love you the way you

then you know did that a bit angry in this world are. filling st george's chapel where some six hundred guests a mix of friends of the bride and groom royalty and celebrity. among the invited guests george animal clooney david and victoria back i'm. and elton john. i am. after the ceremony more emotion on the steps of the chapel. departing in a horse drawn carriage the newlyweds were greeted by ecstatic crowds lining the streets of windsor the weekend home of queen elizabeth. after a formal reception they launched into a private party with some two hundred select guests within the grounds of windsor castle. and our correspondent there at montana says and

windsor castle and he joins us now for more on the royal wedding so a garret i think everyone is in agreement that this was a royal wedding like no other so what stood out for you personally i'd say the elements that stood out for me were really the young conventional elements of that ceremony in in the church in windsor causal i mean the fact that magen walks down watered down herself walked herself down the aisle a full for quite a bit was remarkable and then of course if you looked at the pictures coming from that the church of so many people with a mixed race background the shopping kerry gave giving such a a viper speech to put it mildly that raised a couple of five rounds and there was speculations already today and in the british press report on the best poker face from the royal family all these were elements that people told me how them to relate to that couple of modern touch and that is

something that is very important for british people here well absolutely and it seems like by welcoming someone like megan markel herself biracial she's an actress she's from the us she's even divorced is this a symbol of a new kind of openness within the british monarchy itself. without doubt and i think there's some intent behind that as well the royals know of course very well that if they want to remain in the future at any time that the cream which dog there will be questions are asked about this institutions not only in the u.k. but also in other commonwealth states where she is still the head of state and so the royals are reaching out to particularly the young audience the future of the monarchy and not only in the u.k. but throughout the commonwealth and i think that that wedding was although it

wasn't enough official state wedding that was one step in that direction. i guess so after the wedding ceremony there was a formal reception hosted by the queen and then later in the evening there was this more intimate evening event are there any details about that. couple of details have every march of course apart from the fact you know that they took off in this fancy vintage car with an electric engine by the way so it's been converted so it's then of course the spectacular address what we thought is that elton john was singing at this black tie event in the evening ultimately to march that meghan markle actually gave her speech on that event and not at the reception inside windsor castle and of course at the end there were beautiful fireworks lighting up the sky over from morehouse which is just a couple of hundred metres away from where i stand so if you want to sparkling finished with a very special day i had masses recording for us from windsor castle thank you.

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