let's check. in with. the environment magazine. on do you w. . this is the wus a liar from bunny with his country in crisis venezuela's president seeks a second term in office and with low voter turnout predicted nicolas maduro as victories almost said the opposition is largely boy causing the vote and critics are calling the election a farce also coming up. at this year's counter film festival the japanese family

drama shoplifted scoops the coveted top prize the bundle. hands in the german cup final shock we also call giants going to make underdogs eintracht frankfurt beat brian three want to read bring you all the highlights from saturday's game. five hundred on fri good to have you with us venezuelans are heading to the polls in an election that is expected to hand president nicolas maduro a second term in office now my daughter caused his vote early in the day and he's facing a frag meant it opposition parts of which are boycotting the poll more than twenty million venezuelans are eligible to vote but low turnout is predicted the oil rich country has descended into economic turmoil under

a socialist government. and inflation has reached an all time high of more than thirteen thousand percent the rising prices have hit workers and business owners hard but not everyone is blaming 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. quite get out of the. look of our currency 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 predated 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 even 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 found then this will help so many countries where i'm ok and now because we don't cave in to their demands. they close all the borders and impose sanctions without a reason that oversee the. rich country nothing happens by chance. we have more than three hundred billion barrels of oil in reserve. 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 well we've 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 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 defuses a lot of programs 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 is to explain that for us there where does the truths lie between sanctions and then mismanagement in the government. while the government relied on. the oil prices for too long they they were. spreading this feeds why social programs that can 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 say how they haven't been able to to impose a new system of government we see. a position that has four million people who fled the country already they they would they are against the government and so they are missing and the position that could may may maybe make it to

friends and when we see is that the only person that my. worst big opponent which is henry focus on the former governor of florida today has been criticized by many people because he used to be a supporter of the chavez government a big friend of mr hoover chofetz. reporting for us from caracas thank you very much. let's get you up to date now with some of the other stories making news around the world health workers in the democratic republic of congo have been shipping four thousand doses over a bone of vaccine to areas along the congo river the registered cases of the potentially deadly virus last week the congolese health ministry set to begin a vaccination campaign on monday. a palestinian official says president mahmoud abbas has been hospitalized with fever. was admitted following an

ear infection operation on choose day his recent health problems have revived anxiety in the region about a potentially better succession battle for leadership over the palestinian authority. french film director is on the investigation for rape according to french radio station europe one a woman filed charges with french police alleging that vessel on drugs and raped her in a paris hotel on thursday night best song is one of france's best known film directors . and the cannes film festival when it kicked off over a week ago now the moment that film buffs around the world have been waiting for the awarding of the top prize open door this year going to the japanese movie shoplifted is a film takes a challenging the conventional views on what constitutes a family and overall this year's festival was more politically charged than usual.

it was japanese director who calls who could it who was the night's big winner now being the main prize the part of door. his film shoplifters 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. see 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 could you get that info try to the 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 argento gave a speech saying there were abuses sitting in the can audience who had yet to be outed that one time says she was raped at the festival when 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 cannes. that's because it's decided that streaming them online is more important than releasing them in french movie theaters. that. 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 galloper media. them but my film is like a roller coaster ride with everyone feels invite and it's no fun it only works if someone feel sick going on 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 senseless provocation or great cinema. well my munich

season ended in dramatic and disappointing fashion on saturday the german football giants were defeated by eintracht frankfurt in the final of the german cup now the underdogs came out on top in a fast paced all action game that also saw some controversy. takes over and bind with his head held high what it was a bitter disappointment for the outgoing coach your kind because. it was almost time for your pint is to hand over cynical coverts but before the changing of the guard there was a final to concessions by and white close early on robert leavened of the free kick hitting the letter for frankfurt and they took advantage and say read it 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 hope sing set to go up in smoke but their day improved shortly after the break you're sure kim expressed found love and dusty and the poll

levelled the schools. but in the eighty second minute the underdogs return to the late great which was the hero again he lifted the ball over all right to put frankfurt in three months. and the last minute all right went up for a corner and when the ball broke me at kitchen of age race three to ensure a stunning victory. what's an achievement for they say. everyone said we'd get thrashed. but we showed hearts and we payton by munich others. 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 for frank first first cup win for thirty years will live long in the memory. too much as the motorcycle racing now in world champion mark marquez blitzed the field to win the french grand prix and marquez was helped win and today he's also took

a tumble through the gravel trap the spaniard then battled with home favorite as your hands are going to lead to set out of the race with no one left to challenge him marquez cruises to the checkered flag he now enjoys a lean is thirty six points out the top of the standings. that's the latest from the date of uneasy in this hour on humphrey in berlin company and seems. good. luck. to w.'s program guide on the turn of the highlights of the week the holy month. dot com highlights. a blessing. and a curse. for suppose nature and inescapable fate.

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