this is the wus live from berlin what now for venezuela after nicolas maduro wins a second term as president there are calling it in the store victory but the opposition says the vote was a farce many countries are not even recognizing the outcome also coming up in a show of suppressing dissent at home turkey's president has been banned from holding rallies for upcoming elections in a number of e.u. countries so he's taking his pitch for expatriate turks to bosnia.

plus pulling back from the brink china and the u.s. agreed to put their trade war on hold beijing is saying it didn't blink first. by bryan thomas thanks so much for being with us we begin this program in venezuela where nicolas maduro has won that country's presidential election he beat his nearest rival and refocus by a wide margin and he's calling his victory a triumph over imperialism but the opposition boycott of the poll and said it was not a fair vote the u.s. is saying it will not be recognizing the outcome and is now considering new sanctions against the socialist government. for nicolas maduro and his supporters the celebration with few surprises. it's a second six year term for the venezuelan president who won over truth. words of

the vote. thank you thank you for overcoming so many aggressions some of the rise. thank you for joining me in so many battles and thank you for making me president. but it's a hollow victory the country's electoral sardi's say only forty six percent of voters turned out at the polls. opposition parties say the real figure is closer to thirty percent. the main opposition party boycotted the election claiming it was rigged two popular candidates were barred from running one challenger who ran on little more than a prayer says the vote was marred by irregularities. we don't recognize this electoral process as valid as having taken place. for us there were no elections or were the new elections in venezuela need to take

place. the duras opponents say the empty polling stations were kept open for hours past the prescribed closing time in a desperate bid to draw in voters. voting was very low one it didn't used to be like this and they're hoping more people will eventually come out but the truth is it's been very very weak small we put on there were only a few voters that it was not like this in other years when there was a lot of people today i've been walking through town and the voting centers are empty. it doesn't feel like you know why. there haven't been many people because there was a campaign asking people not to vote they told people not to turn nights but some people from the other side have voted and we should be says have gladly come nights that look what i've done. my duro has been handed

a second term as venezuela suffers under crippling inflation and food shortages his victory has been rejected by the u.s. which says it may impose new oil sanctions against the struggling state. now for some of the other stories making the news today the u.s. department of justice will investigate whether the f.b.i. spied on president trump's twenty sixteen election campaign in a tweet the president said he demands to know whether any such requests for such spying are made by the obama administration. the democratic republic of congo is launching an a bolo vaccination program today to try to stop a new outbreak of the disease health workers have shipped four thousand doses of the vaccine more is on its way the first wave of the program will target health professionals treating ebola patients. a palestinian official says president mahmoud abbas has been hospitalized with a fever he was admitted to hospital following an here operation last week his

health problems have revived concerns about a possible succession battle for the leadership of the palestinian authority. one person has been severely injured by molten rock in hawaii as lava continues to flow from the killer way of all kaino it began erupting more than two weeks ago and has burned dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to flee the why national guard is warning of mandatory evacuations of lava makes any more roads impassable. well turkey is holding an election next month and to shore up his support president richard tired of one has taken his campaign abroad he's been addressing thousands of expatriate turks in boston as capital sara gevo you countries have banned similar rallies due to crackdown on dissent and press freedom. thousands of turks from all over europe arrived in sarajevo ahead of president brigitte ones

really some twenty thousand all up as both a news muslim member of the tripartite presidency but cute is it big of which will come down to one the turkish leader appeared unfazed by intelligence claims of an assassination plot against him but security was tight. news of this has reached me through the national intelligence service such threats will not lead us astray from our path. would it be right for so many people across europe to come here and not be able to see the leader they wanted to meet and greet . no it would not be they cannot stop us from walking our path we are on the same path like the path we were on during the coup attempt on july fifteenth. some three million xperia turks are allowed to vote nearly half of them in germany

the bosnian capital is the only campaign stop president everyone will be making in europe austria germany and the netherlands announced they would not allow him to hold election rallies there to one supporters called the ban undemocratic. there are twenty eight thousand people who came here the ban on airline in the e.u. is not good for europe this is not democracy in a democracy you can do whatever you want there is no democracy in europe it's a modern dictatorship. the election on june twenty fourth will usher in the beginning of a new system of governance which will concentrate more powers in the president's hands and abolish the office of prime minister but support for everyone in bosnia is not unanimous the croatian member of the bosnian presidency has warned it could hurt the country's aspirations to join the e.u. . the threat of a trade war between the united states and china is off the table well for now at

least in talks over the weekend the two countries agreed not to impose new tariffs while they work on reforms the main issue under discussion is how to narrow china's three hundred seventy five billion dollar trade surplus with the u.s. representatives on both sides say they're discussing china importing more american agricultural products and oil. the world's two biggest economies are back to the negotiating table and they appear willing to keep talking until they find a solution to their trade conflict. the strongest demand from both the chinese side and the u.s. side is to stop the trade war and stop imposing more tariffs on each other's products this time both sides pledge to stop the trade war and develop good relations in trade in a mass meant i think this is a major demand from both countries. and.

china has already made a concession saying it will significantly increase purchases of u.s. goods and services it's an attempt to address u.s. president donald trump demand to reduce china's three hundred seventy five billion dollar trade surplus no details have been released yet but the countries have agreed not to impose further tariffs on each other while they continue to negotiate a trade deal speaking in an interview with fox news u.s. treasury secretary steve minutia had this to say for. the present we have a very good framework agreement that's not just about buying goods it's about structural changes it's about lowering tariffs china has committed to lower tariffs on many things and make structural changes and protect our technology so these are very important issues for the u.s. economy and now we're going to make sure that this gets implemented. to taunt and months of tension between the two countries which markets into

a frenzy but with little concrete information released about the details of the negotiations the stakes remain high. ice hockey now and after winning all their matches leading up to the final of the world championships we put the icing on the cake by winning it all they defeated switzerland and now biding final in copenhagen. first gold went to be indulged me no need to try to great but that no plates in the first period. belly did not last long just two minutes later sweden equalised seventy could be used to fight home to let the schools i. deem a second period of a swiss skin put up a hand once again to my maya finished off a counterattack to make it to one. puts again switzerland couldn't hold on to better advantage sweden powered on the pressure and eventually made it count because it put them level it to wall and that is how it stage for the rest of the

game and over time. in the decisive penalty shootout philip forsberg scored for sweden but needed missed to switzerland giving sweden the victory disappointment of a swiss who have still never wound the well championship close we don't celebrate title. the spanish football star andre in years stuff has ended his glittering barcelona career the thirty four year old played his last match for the club on sunday and is now weighing up offers from outside of europe and the scene here his farewell party said goodbye after his six hundred seventy fourth game for barsel one their victory over real society god has been an integral part of barcelona success winning nine league titles and four champions league six and twenty ten he scored the world cup winning goal for spain and is set to be included in the squad for next month's world cup when it's announced later today. that. two

moto g.p. now in the world champion mark marquez blitzed the field to win the french grump real smart as he got some help when early leader andre vinci also took a tumble through the gravel trap the spaniard then battled with home favorite johan zarko until he too crashed out of the race. with no one left to truly challenge him mark has cruised to the checkered flag now enjoys a thirty six point lead at the top of the stats. now it is one of prague's biggest tourist attractions the astronomical clock has been located in the old city for about six hundred years now and now for the third time in six centuries the clock is being cleaned and restored. a hole in prague sold that's what clock master page a scholar thinks of this construction site usually home to the city's astronomical

clock. that is it says that this is imagine that he would be told food steel machinery here the timing mechanism the huge key is and the axis and right now all of that is dismantled being repaired. in january the coggs turned one last time and then they are lloyd as the czechs call it was taken apart for repairs just the third time since it debuted in the fifteenth century. probably. hundreds of years of dirt must be removed stone mason remey to cow gets to work on it with a high pressure cleaner the clock master looks on call at the moment a photo rendering of the oil hangs here while such dirt and bird dog are removed from the oldest parts. this is like a crust which church the stone tools approach and precious details are lost like the spikes on the head child's. play to scout and renee teco should be finished by

july the city's putting on the pressure to restore the tourist bagnet the photo on the scaffolding hardly does it justice we will have to come bag. you've got a good excuse to come back do you need it beautiful country we love it. scala does some of the most sensitive work in his own garden here he scrubs the fifteenth century clock hands and restores bit by bit each of the seven hundred fifty individual parts when he's done it must run well like clockwork. the oil law is a master work of precision and beauty but krog and its tourists must wait a few months to set their watches by the or lloyd. time for minor of our top stories this hour nicolas maduro has won venezuela's presidential election to be his nearest rival and refocus by a wide margin. but they're called his victory. triumph over imperialism but the opposition boycott of the polls said it was not fair number of countries including the u.s.

say they are not recognizing the outcome. and don't forget you can always find out more about these and other stories that our web site that's w dot com for now though for me ryan thomas the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. the whole g.w. on one up. for global insights the news out of our local heroes. d.w. made for mines.