venezuelan president nicolas maduro has claimed victory in the country's elections it will be his second term in office however less than half of all eligible voters turned out opposition parties boycotted the vote and say they won't recognize its results. italy's populist coalition has chosen jews seppi conte seen here on the right as its pick for prime minister he's a law professor with no political experience the leader of the anti establishment

five star movement luigi de mio said his party and the far right leak had proposed the joint candidate during a meeting with president said to him i thought out loud. thank you u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh has threatened to impose the strongest ever sanctions on iran if the country doesn't change course the list of demands to be included in a nuclear treaty requires turan to stop uranium enrichment the islamic republic must also end its support for hezbollah militias in lebanon and hooty rebels in yemen and withdraw its forces from syria. all. a documentary by german public broadcaster a r d accuses russian sports authorities of covering up suspicious doping test results of soccer players in two thousand and fourteen including members of the current provisional world cup squad the revelations come just weeks before the tournament kicks off in russia.

averting a full blown trade war the united states and china pulled back from the brink reporting progress talks say the war is on hold also coming up. an economy in freefall nicolas maduro wins reelection and blames imperialism from abroad for his country's economic catastrophe and power a world famous name in the d.i.y. sector is attracting skilled staff to its headquarters. and during the winter and this is all business update economic superpowers china and the u.s. have agreed to hold off imposing new tariffs the temporary deal ends months of tension for financial markets beijing agreeing joint statement with washington to substantially reduce america's trade deficit with china the crux of the dispute some analysts doubt the truce will last long but at least the two some.