this is d.w. news live from running with his country in crisis venezuela's president seeks a second term in office and with a low voter turnout predicted me going to my daughter's victory is almost certain that the opposition is largely poor causing their vote and critics are calling the election a funk also coming on. at this year's cannes film festival the japanese family drama shoplifted keeps the coveted top prize at the front door.

on how to humphrey good to have you with us venezuelans all heading to the polls in an election that is expected to hand president nicolas maduro a second term in office my daughter has already cost his vote but opposition parties have valid to boycott the elections more than twenty million venezuelans are eligible to vote but low turnout is predicted the oil rich country has descended into economic turmoil under my daughter's socialist government and this year inflation has reached an all time high of more than thirteen a fowls and percent the rising prices hitting workers and business owners hard but 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. the men know i say less and have fewer clients because of the situation it is become too expensive for people to buy clothing or any other personal items. but. quite get at the. look at our pricing look at young africa 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 expropriated 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 citizens lost eleven kilos last year due to food shortages and hyper inflation is so bad that you can barely buy one apple 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 the bicycle going to swing 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 don't oversee. a rich country nothing happens by chance. we have more than three hundred billion barrels of oil is in reserves. and the north american empire and the big multinationals holding the venezuelan people hostage and that's where. 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. i'm joined now by de w.'s ophelia holmes o.t. who is in caracas good to see you ophelia now the extreme poverty that many are suffering is truly shocking my daughter is expected to win these elections what would that mean for the country. well it would definitely mean a deepening of the crisis. what we have heard is that there will be probably more

sanctions from the outside the united states for example has threatened to cut some of his oil imports from venezuela if the government was to carry through the elections but it is amazing to see that people still vote for maduro we have heard it in the in the piece and we have also talked to people here and let's remember that more than sixty million people are dependent on the food supplies given away by the government and also what we see is a lot of a lot of people still hold on to this idea of socialism of this twenty first century socialism that has been spreading around latin america and recent decades you point to a potential deepening of the crisis so what would persuade people to vote for him. well it has to be said that maduro and his government and also chavez before him

have been able to hold tight controls of the country it is believed that there is an intelligence apparatus that is advised by cuba's own intelligence and what we also see is that. they do control the media freedom of press often has been suppressed and also what we see is that. the state controlled media diffuses a lot of propaganda that says that the crisis is not told of the bad management not the fall of the of the government of it's bad management but of the international sanctions and the oil prices that started ten years ago for us to explain that for us then where does the truth lie between sanctions and then mismanagement in the government. while the government relied on. the oil prices for too long they were. spreading this these wide

social programs that can't be hold with the current oil prices and they never say some emergency funds now that is what the opposition is criticising and the opposition unfortunately has been very divided so they can't they have they haven't been able to to impose a new system of government we see. an opposition that has four million people who fled the country already they would they are against the government and so they are missing in an opposition that could make may maybe make a difference and what we see is that the only person that my. big opponent which is henry focus on the former governor of last day has been criticised by many people because he used to be a supporter of the chavez government a big friend of mr hu which office. reporting for us from

a caucus thank you very much. and now some of the other stories making news around the world china and the united states have backed off from their threats of a trade war the world's two largest economies say they have agreed to reduce the u.s. trade deficit with china under the deal china has pledged to significantly increase its purchases of u.s. goods and services. that severity of an attack on an orthodox church in the russian province of chechnya has left a church goer and two police officers date for armed men raided the church during a service they were killed by security forces chechnya is a mostly muslim region with a history of separatist finance. french film director luke best saw is under investigation for rape according to french radio station europe one a woman filed charges with french police alleging bissell drugged and raped her in

a paris hotel on thursday night this song was one of france's best known film directors. and of course the cannes film festival kicked off over a week ago and now the moment film buffs around the world have been waiting for the awarding of the top prize will be pando which this year has gone to the japanese movie shoplifted is now the film takes a challenging look at conventional views of what constitutes a family and overall this year's festival was more politically charged than usual. it was just the news director he will cause who could it who was the night's big winner now being the main prize the part of door. 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 encounters. 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. i wanted edition in the me too movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia genter gave a speech saying there were abuses sitting in the can audience who had yet to be outed that way i gently 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 on are a couple story 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 fans. 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 he. said. the off the cuff comments were not mean seriously but they caused a major scandal. and 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 caliper media. and that my film is like a roller coaster ride if everyone feels vine it's no fun live it only works if someone feel sick or chilled dudamel before the door. but there was a standing ovation to it seems fantasy is serial killer movie has deeply divided opinion people think it's either a crude and senseless provocation or great cinema. well the british royal family has thanked well wishers around the world following the wedding of prince harry and make and model the couple now officially the juke and duchess of sussex they tied the knot on a saturday and the wedding ceremony broke with tradition adding modern elements and celebrating the bride's african american heritage. in a gallon by you 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 to be your wife when you. come face up on and protect and forsaking all often be faithful to her as long as you both shall live on will. you that the ceremony was unconventional by royal standards with a song performed by a british gospel group can be heard and an energetic sermon by a u.s.

episcopal bishop in marriage to a tired old world when no q. is the way he went when love is the way unselfish sacrificial redemptive when loving you the way you know the good have been hungry in this great effort in. 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. 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 that's the latest from the news room at this hour i'm hanging on for you ballin thanks for your company and c c. global inequality. what does inequality mean in a globally connected well. known to the media. join the discussion and have your. media full twenty eight. we make up over three four times of office that hundred thirty five we are the civil service.