w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin a night of surprises and upsets at the academy awards in los angeles. to do. was. a drama about race speeds the odds to take the award for best picture and another unexpected win best actor scores two britons a livia coleman. we'll have more also coming up on the show. president trump delays new tariffs on chinese imports he says progress is being made in the trade

talks with beijing and that there could be quote very big news in the next two weeks. and how venezuela's decision to close its borders with its neighbors is having a devastating effect on people trying to make a living in colombia. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the annual oscar ceremony has wrapped up in hollywood the award for best picture going to green book a film set in segregationist america best actress going to britain is a livia coleman for her role as queen in the favorite and best actress actor went to rami moloch in bohemian rhapsody we have this look at the winners. things got off to

a different stocks inside hollywood we theists had this year the first oscars show in thirty years not to have a host was opened by british rock legends queen fronted by american idol star adam lambert's. the best actor award went to brought me not like the his put trial of freddie mccurry in the film but he me and rhapsody like was the favorite to win the award after taking a host of trophies this season including a golden globe. you know my dad didn't get to see me do any of this. but i think she's looking down on me right now so the this is the a monumental moment. for their vehicle may be the best actress award was a bit more of a surprise alethia coleman took the oscar for playing british queen and in the costume drama the favorite subject said no one was more surprised than the boy this is a loner yes i. am and ask you that perhaps

for many the biggest surprise of the night was the biggest prize the best picture award the budget went to the secular day sion era drama green book the road trip story covers controversial ground but accepting the award directing peter farrelly said it was an important one to tell this is he's right this is the whole story is about love it's about loving each other and despite our differences and finding out the truth about who we are we're the same people mexican filmmaker alfonso cuarón won the oscar for best director for his semi auto biographical film roma he paid tribute to millions of domestic workers around the world. i want to thank the academy for rick are nice enough you sent through a round i mean do you know this woman. one of the seventy million the mystic workers in the world we don't works we don't work for rights. also won the award for foreign language film and cinematography. while ending the wars in syria and

yemen and restarting the mideast peace process those are some of those discussions now underway at the first ever joint summit of the arab league and the european union is being hosted by egyptian president gul fatah al sisi in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh the goal is to strengthen trade ties between the e.u. and arab nations and tackle challenges like terrorism and migration. the u. is reliant on arab league governments like egypt to prevent migrants and refugees crossing the mediterranean from north africa to europe and our next report d.w. met one refugee who made it to germany and who's using his talents as a cartoonist to come to terms with his harrowing experience random police violence why us the man on the ground shop says the police officer tarik nieman experienced police brutality first hand in syria. the beginning of this that you could

say it's part of the daily process or the daily procedure and they are. if you endure if you did something or you didn't do anything it's depends on the officer norwood so or torturing beating it's part of the prisoners their life their tarik says he was incarcerated in a syrian prison for six and a half months for helping fighters in the free syrian army on behalf of the red cross when he got out of prison and twenty fourteen he fled since then tarek has been living in berlin making ends meet as a professional cartoonist of course i'm a syria must also there more than that i missed the forward walking there but of course what i don't mess and i like here here when dignity cannot be dutch this is something we mustn't syria germany and other e.u. states have considered sending syrians back home but the idea of returning to syria makes tarik very afraid with most of the people who will go back to syria.

probably they will go to jail probably they will get torture properly definitely if they didn't do the military duty they will go again to the military duty they will send them through the the form kleiner zone an alley in the been in district of no one can now find to many recently arrived syrians it's not perfect but it's hung on for now far from the chaos and death tarik left behind. here's a look at other stories making the news at this hour pope francis has vowed to confront child abusing priests and cover ups and protect children as the catholic church struggles with its ongoing sexual abuse crisis the pontiff laid out the steps at the conclusion of an unprecedented that in summit but abuse survivors they say the measures don't go far enough and want police and courts to step in. we british prime minister theresa may has delayed a final parliamentary vote on it until march the twelfth just over two weeks before

britain scheduled to leave the vote was scheduled for next wednesday may will travel to brussels again tuesday to hold more talks with the e.u. leaders. are un report says a record number of civilians were killed last year in afghanistan during that country's ongoing conflict you counted over thirty eight hundred civilians killed report says that's due to an increase in suicide bombings by so-called islamic state and more frequent aerial attacks by u.s. led forces. or asian markets have been rallying after president trump said he's delaying a tariff icon chinese imports on twitter the president said both sides have made quote substantial progress in the talks the world's two biggest economies have been locked in a trade dispute for months now with the u.s. accusing beijing of intellect intellectual property theft and limiting american access to its markets the new tariffs increase was set to come into force on march

the first. well speaking shortly after his twitter announcement trump said he was looking forward to reaching a trade deal with china. we just left a big meeting with china and we just put out a statement that we're doing very well with china it was a long weekend they decided to stay for two and a half more days they'll probably be leaving too late tonight they're going back and of all works well we're going to have some very big news over the next week or two and it's really been terrific i tell you that whole relationship has been outstanding we put ourselves into a position of strength for the first time in about. thirty five years or probably a lot more than that but china's been terrific we want to make a deal that's great for both countries and that's really what we're going to be doing an emergency summit on the crisis and venezuela set to take place later today in colombia opposition leader one of wydow will be holding talks with the u.s.

vice president mike pence on the sidelines of them meeting us is bound to seek other ways of getting aid into venezuela after troops blocked trucks with food and medicine over the weekend as d w reports the closure of the border is having a devastating effect. the part of the market at the colombian venezuelan border it's where venezuelans go to purchase basic goods from colombia the closure of the border is bad for business on a regular sunday whole safina motto which sells ninety five kilos of potatoes today she only sold five and me and well they were all still the produce from wednesday and we don't know if we can invest again gab and maybe if they open the border. but they say it will stay closed we're wondering where to go now to help our struggling families in venezuela it's really tough if the border remains closed she will lose everything. to not get in america see i guess i'm already lost

a lot of our projects in look how many tomatoes we have left they only last two days or a day with this son we have to work like this on the son damages the peppers the potatoes the carrots. carlos says the put on the market is the only option for thousands of venezuelans oh if they close the border for two days we suffer oh you know why because our customers they are not from colombia they don't come for couteau or pump work or own our whole summers are the venezuelan people there barbara not going to now go back to another market trader list kano was wounded in the weekend clashes at the border. they said ok we live on the border and because it is close that there are no sales no customers but it affects us a lot. nobody knows when the border will reopen meaning more hardship for traders

and their customers on the other side. or n.g.o.s in nigeria say they fear violence and disorganization may have undermined this weekend's presidential election at least thirty nine people died in attacks in various parts of the country and more than one hundred twenty were arrested on charges of vote rigging election commission however says voting was generally peaceful you have used funny fish are has been out talking to young people about the issues they consider important for their nation. there's only one topic on people's minds at this pentecostal church the election that also goes for the pastor. the presidency. jesus christ. just to crouch to refrain from violence as a member of the congregation to twenty five year old is grateful that thanks here

remain peaceful unlike in all the parts of nigeria. usually it. is. during service it's irrelevant who has voted for whom it's after church when the discussion moves beyond the gospel. there are more than fourteen million you were just at this time around compared to twenty fifteen and many of them have voted for the very first time they want to bring about change young people younger than thirty years old like you danielle you're one of the people who voted for the first time what kind of change and see change policies that affect us as youths and young people want to see changes that economy quite quickly daniels friends begin a heated debate about the future of the economy have been. handicapped we don't

even want to move yet there is no. one to move to the other side and. those friends of danios who received a voter's card on time voted for a car challenger to incumbent president bihari not because they believe things will change overnight but because they see a different administration is key for the youth to claim power one day you know longer waiting for the government's young people. and young people are frustrated and. determined right now to do things to get themselves what they want to give. people under thirty already in the majority nigeria they know that the population grows young people will have more power if they actually use it to hold politicians accountable that process has just started as people like daniel and need to and their friends are getting older. we have some football now and some incredible

scenes from the league cup final on england where manchester city defended their title after beating chelsea in a penalty shoot out but it was chelsea goalkeeper who stole the show when he refused to be substitute. for three zero sorry one of his reserve keeper supplied during the shoot out couple whatever threw his arms up and protests were not coming after pitch so i was so angry with the situation that he initially stormed off himself sorry i was already under pressure after a poor run of form he all claimed it was a mix up. it was a big misunderstanding caused by phone i understood here that there. is so i didn't want to do goalkeeper. to the penalties. in that physical condition where they are lies that this situation only after three four minutes when the doctor arrived with the game to do bench. this is did every news live from berlin i'm brian thomas don't forget you can always get the latest news from the website

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