this is the w.'s from running with his country in crisis venezuela's president seems the second time in office and with a voter turnout predicted at a record low nicholas my daughter's victory is a waste of the opposition is largely poor costing the vote critics are calling the election of course a coming up. at this news can the film festival the japanese family drama shoplifted keeps the coveted top prize the palmetto man.

in the german cup final or shock last full football giant spine unique on the docks line tucked under feet behind everyone will bring you all the highlights from saturday's game. time having a home free thanks for your company venezuelans are 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 vowed to boycott the elections within twenty million venezuelans are eligible to vote but low turnout is predicted he all rich countries descended into economic turmoil on the socialist government. and this year inflation has reached an all time high of more than thirteen thousand percent and rising prices hit 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 a reduction in sales. may no i say less and have fewer clients because of the situation it has become too expensive for people to buy clothing or any other personal items. but the law quite good at the. look at us a 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 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 venezuelans 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 sway not then venezuela helps so many countries. with a look and now because we don't cave into their demands. they close all the borders and impose sanctions without a reason to oversee. the rich country nothing happens by chance. we have more than three hundred billion barrels of oil reserves. 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. 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 my duro we have heard it in that 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 do 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 crisis that started ten years ago or it's or explain that for us there where does the truth lie between sanctions and then mismanagement in the

government. well 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 criticizing 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 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 might be the worst big opponent which is henry focus on the former governor of last day has

been criticized by many people because he used to be a supporter of the chavez government a big friend of mr hoover chevys. reporting for us from caracas thank you very much. and now some of the other stories making news around the world china the united states appear to have backed away from death 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's pledge to significantly increase its purchases of u.s. goods and services. an attack on an author talks church in the russian province of chet's shares left a church go up and two police officers dead form on demand raided the church during a service they were killed by security forces is a mostly muslim region with a history of separatist violence. french film director lucas songs

under investigation for rape according to french radio station europe one a woman filed charges with french police alleging best saul drugged and raped her in a paris hotel on thursday night based on is one of france's best known film directors . in the u.s. state of texas a seventeen year old has confessed to being the sole gunman in a school shooting in houston the suspects been charged with murdering a fellow students and to teachers his family members say they're shocked and confused and have offered their condolences. in hawaii fast moving larva is pouring from the side of the killer way a volcano threatening a key escape route the flows of molten rock are advancing towards homes in the coastal highway to hawaii national guard's warned of mandatory evacuations if more roads become brock's by the lava. now the cannes film festival kicked off

over a week ago and now the moment film buffs have been waiting for the awarding of the top prize open door this year going to japanese movie shoplifters now the film takes a challenging look conventional views on what constitutes a family and overall this year's festival was more politically charged than usual. it was japanese director. who was the night's big winner nabbing the main prize. his film shoplifters tells of a makeshift family trying to keep afloat by resorting to petty theft in order to supplement their meagre incomes. the film was a favorite of audiences and critics and it won over the jury to. think or feel when two 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 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 cannes 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 or a couple story and get. john likely to see his next film here. scorsese shot the irishman for netflix and the company's

films are effectively banned from kat. that's because it's decided that streaming them online is more important than releasing them in french movie theaters. that last won t. 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 that 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 book the house that jack built. more than one hundred people felt compelled to leave the caliper media. and with my film it's like a roller coaster ride with everyone feel survive and it's no fun live it only works

if someone feel sick of the dying or before the door. but there was a standing ovation to it scenes from tears serial killer movie has deeply divided opinion people think it's either a crude and sense of provocation or great cinema. well by munich season ended in dramatic and disappointing a fashion on saturday the german football giants were defeated by and hushed frankfurt in the final of the german cup the underdogs came out on top in a false paced all actually game that also saw some controversy coach nico coach now takes over by with his head held high while it was a bitter disappointment for outgoing coach you'll find because. it was almost time for your pint is the hand of it's a nickel coverage but before the changing of the guard there was a finals or concession by and went close early on rob eleventh of his free kick hitting the bar a lot of the frankfurt and they took advantage and say ray that rob thomas and

fired in the opening go. by and struggled to break down frankfurt study defense thomas miller's thirty third minute and that was their first shots on target at half time points hietzing set to go up in smoke but their day improved shortly after the break yes to a chemical cross found love and dusty and the pole leveled the scores. but in the eighty second minute the underdogs retook the late great which was the hero again he lifted the ball over all right to put frankfurt in dreamland. and the last minute all right went out for a corner and when the ball broke me at each individual race three to ensure a stunning victory. what's an achievement for this day. everyone said we'll get through ash to show us what we showed hearts and we payton by munich. them and if you stick together you can achieve anything in football and in life and that's what this team has shown us they've always worked hard for success for the whole season

and for the two and a half years that i've been here full frank first first cup win for thirty years will live long in the memory. and now the latest from the d.w. news room at this hour i have an answer in the end thanks for your company ceasing . it's all happening to children. to link to news from africa the world sure links to exceptional stories and discussions continue and welcome to their views african programming life from fluency in the news is easy to our website the tell me the next africa join us on facebook w.