this is live from berlin south africa swears in as president obama pulls out pledges to battle corruption as he takes office in a lavish inauguration ceremony last hour correspondent how from a post that will be able to keep his promise. and the u.s. president on the trump arrives in japan for a special statement as the new emperor's 1st foreign guests to.

thank you for joining us. cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month from a post as promised a new dawn for south africa the country suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment his presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor you know curation took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. for more on this let's now bring in our correspondent the encrease who joins us from cape town ali and after being sworn in ramaphosa had a message for the people in south africa what did he say. well we call you mainly try to spread optimism and hope for the audience where in this stage you remember more than 6000000 of young voters did not even registered

although they were eligible to vote in this election so there's a lot of frustrations especially amongst young people and i'm opposed to try to address them try to tell them well we're still working very hard to make this nation a better place he promised that he's trying everything to end poverty in this country within a generation but he also did not only try to spread team isn't for the people of africa he also used the opportunity that more than 20 african heads of states where they have to address african issues for example he said that he wants a free trade area between cape town and cairo and this is something you to hear from him because it was the biggest 2 economies in africa nigeria and south africa that have been blocking such a free trade zone in the last year so this might be a new direction the fight against corruption was an essential part of run the post as campaign rhetoric and he addressed the issue in his inaugural speech let's have a listen. i want people to have launched a some of those you know home they had invested their cross hairs not man not to

the temptation of heart 102. challengers not i want country they are huge and they are you know. but they are not in some own to. talk in their earlier today. and will he be able to clean up his hardening party's reputation. that is the big question here will he really be able to walk his talk many people have their doubts because the a.n.c. has been in power for 25 years and it moved from a liberation movement into a party that many people here see that has a lot of criminal elements a lot of people who tried to enrich themselves in the past remember during the time of former president jacob zuma corruption was rampant in all levels of governance and when the new president took over more than

a year ago he promised to end that he promised to also go after people in his very own country and he emphasized this again today in his own or gratian speech that he wants to free this country off corruption but the key question is will he really go against his own people will he really walk his talk or is it's just the same things that we fit in the past from other heads of states in the country so this is what south africans are really keenly waiting for to see if you will take action and very soon we will actually see 1st results because he will advance his cabinets in the next 6. hours in line think shoes of the inauguration and their. process that huge challenges await which ones is he likely to tackle 1st. absolutely i mean the big issue when you talk to young people here is the economy and unemployment more than every 2nd person in south africa is unemployed and when you talk to people here this is the answer you get all the time the president needs to fix the economy is has been growing slower than the population and that clearly

is a problem so he has to walk on that and he promised that this is going to be his priority . joining us from cape town thank you very much. yes going british prime minister to resign may she will always regret failing to secure a deal for the u.k. to leave the european union may announce to resign on june 7th after she was unable to get a deeply divided parliament back her withdrawal deal her premiership literally ended in tears the country of but almost as soon as to reason they exited the political stage the shock waves could be felt in europe e.u. leaders said that her resignation did nothing to change the e.u.'s position on the brics it withdrawal deal already agreed that it's all image is not up for i don't think the u.k. wants the question will be worth it we've already got the political declaration. very very much on offer and which is also the basis of all the talks. of eventual

slopes the e.u.'s chief negotiator michel barnier quickly showed his positive regard for the pm in a tweet expressing his full respect for may's determination and for working for an orderly withdrawal from the e.u. but some tories were almost as quick to throw their hats into the ring to lead the party including front runner boris johnson who wasted no time in saying no deal was a possibility in october some reacted to that in consternation at the how things could now play out. but if that's the under those circumstances the hard drugs it appears to be a reality that is nearly impossible to stop the british government the british parliament are solely responsible for a no deal exit from the e.u. and its consequences. but the e.u. country with perhaps the most to lose by a chaotic exit is art and irish prime minister leo variety had this warning. obviously as anyone can see british politics is consumed by regulation and would be

consumed by threats of for a very long time that means that we now enter a new phase when it comes to breakers on the face of maybe a very dangerous one for them while the race for the next leader is on europe is whether well he or she waiting to be chosen by the british people but by the conservative party members that means north point 2 percent of the country the tory party members who are predominantly male with an average age of $57.00 will decide who leads the u.k. into this next crucial face now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least 20 teenage students have been killed and a dozen more hospitalized in a fire that broke out in a tutoring center in the western indian city of throughout building fires are common in india because of safety regulations. kenya's high court has upheld a ban on same sex relations the ruling is

a huge setback for l g b t activist who fought for the law to be changed the legislation dates back to the british colonial era and makes homosexual acts punishable with up to 14 years in prison. u.s. president donald trump has arrived in japan for a state visit trump is set to spend 4 days in the country to cement ties with japan's prime minister and business leaders and attend a dinner at the imperial palace be the 1st state guest of japan's new emperor his visit comes against the backdrop of increasing tensions in china and north korea. for more let's talk to correspondent michael in tokyo michael don't just gave his 1st speech in japan addressing business leaders what was his main message to them. well of course he's emphasizing the toughness on trade issues which is been something that before him really going back to the 1980 s.

he 1st got this idea in his mind that japan was using unfair trade practices against the united states and and this is something that through the decades has never really diverged his own thinking and so you know he feels that during his presidency he wants to be the person who solves this issue as he sees it and to make a fair trade relationship between united states and japan was looking trump is scheduled to attend the g. 20 summit and osaka and only 6 weeks why this visit now. well this visit so now is. basically a social and symbolic visit it's not really one where a great deal of substance is expected to be decided the main issue in involved here is the is the intro meant to the new emperor that he needs to receive a state visitor and symbolically speaking to have the u.s. president be the one to come 1st or something the japanese want and prime minister

using this to very much flattered that hugo of trump which has been his strategy basically since trump was elected to keep telling him he's a great leader he's important that japan needs him and this is the way that the administration seeks to achieve its own policy objectives. has been courting chum for quite some time has he gotten anything out of it for his country. well it's mainly an issue of damage control you know trump and this trade issue is a is a primary example of this trump basically wants to make demands of japan that the japanese don't want to give and so it's trying as hard as you can to stay on trumps the good side so that trumps demands don't become too onerous and to try to blunt therefore so in a sense it's japan feeding trumps ego in order to not

feel the force trumps demands on the japanese nation michael pennington q thank you very much thank you. i can film festival is where the world's top stars and filmmakers get together to hobnob to make secret deals and to show off 1000000 euro gowns on the red carpet it's an exclusive 2 week party for insiders only luckily for us our film critic scott roxboro was there. there are 3 things you can always count on the. stars. more stars. and the weather. well 2 out of 3 ain't bad but the gray skies didn't dampen the enthusiasm of movie fans. in 15 years covering the cannes film festival this is about the coldest and wet as i've ever seen it but at least the bad weather is

a good excuse to stay off the beach and goes he's a little. late to see. and. hear an edge or 10 delivers an oscar worthy performance in the musical bio pic rocket man the movie dips into the darker side of elton john's life but the sex and drugs take a back seat to the rock n roll. this year's can highlight the new film from the point here in chino leader nodded to caprio as a faded t.v. cowboy brad pitt his stunt man buddy official. who has been a. struggle to adjust to 960 is hollywood as a darkness in the form of serial killers the manson family looms in the background . but film fans aren't just here for hollywood stars

in can art house cinema is king of the. american master terrence malick marked return to form with the. is slow burning drama about a conscientious objector who defies the nazis. and 82 year old director and original social justice warrior ken loach kept up the fight with this attack on britain's economy. but just to have somebody on the phone with the gone. for dollars to run so i never thought about oh it's fun playing shows my adult porn is my business. but it wasn't all old white man a few films and can actually resembled the audience queuing to watch them you can has made a real effort this year to increase diversity to get more people of color and women on the screen and behind the cameras at this year's festival and it looks like it's

paying off because we have one of the most diverse lineups in cannes history. when it is so that in this lame is an album victor hugo's french classic gets an update for the age of the bandleader ghettoes. the very 1st female african director in cannes competition brought a fresh perspective to the migration crisis. like the one who can. hear everything carefully didn't i'm in the middle of it not that long. i needed to see black people on screen like shoot like everywhere. with its mix of hollywood in our house old masters and new faces cans future despite the weather looks bright.

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