news alive from the results in from the cannes film festival palme d'or for best film has gone to south korea. for his comedy parasite we have more on a few words night full of surprises. south africa's. president. pledges to battle corruption as he takes office in a lavish inauguration ceremony we hear from our correspondent about the challenges she faces.

a michael thanks for joining us the 2019 cannes film festival has come to a close with a star studded award ceremony the festival's top prize the palme d'or went to south korean director and hove for his black comedy parasite a prize for parasite marks the 1st korean film ever to win the honor for best film at cannes the festival 2nd place award the grand prize went to french senegalese director of film atlanta i'm joined now by scott rock star from our culture desk wow. my 1st thought. was this a surprise parasite well of the it was a surprise for me because this is the 1st time that the jury and i have agreed on what should win won the palme d'or for going there many many years it was my favorite film this year usually means it wins nothing. the jury agreed with me

finally they got it right no this is an amazing film it is the 1st time a korean film has won the top prize in cannes but june hole is a very established director and well known in cannes he's been competition number of times before this film is really incredible it's sort of a sort of comedy hitchcockian a thriller it's about a family of poor family of a sort of a small time con artist who managed to con their way into a rich family's home and start working for them and so the tooth and has become intertwined and the film is so delicately done that you're not quite sure as the film goes on who is actually conning who is the actual parasite of the film's title bill brilliant movie brilliant brilliantly done wonderfully executed and a really deserved winner it sounds like there's some thriller aspects to it much thriller but also very very funny and beautifully shot i mean every part of this film works perfectly any other surprises at the festival the number 2 prize amount of the up that you mentioned. also very very good film

a surprise just because she's a 1st time film director and usually a 1st time directors don't have much of a chance to win top prize in cannes but it's also a real 1st because this is the 1st time this is she's the 1st black woman to ever have a film in competition in cannes and and it was quite a process but she's also an actress and that really shows in the performances that she gets out of our actors in this film it's set in senegal where she's from and it's sort of the refugee story but it's told from the other side not from the european side which is often the case here but it's told from the people who are left behind when there are the women who are left behind when their men try to flee all the atlantic to europe but it's just that it's also a supernatural elements it's a bit of a ghost story difficult to explain in a couple of couple of seconds but really wary well worth watching and and really shows a very impressive debut performance i mean for a 36 year old 1st time director to deliver a movie like this is really beyond belief and tonio bindi. certainly not

a 1st timer one for best actor yes also completely completely deserved. in pain and glory which is from. a director this film is essentially the life story is slightly fictionalized but it's a story of a gay spanish director who comes up through the sixty's and seventy's and becomes the international star blah blah. plays of our character and beautifully there's a wonderful sort of broken heart love story man that he used to love he meets again 32 years later anyone who loves stones will love this movie and i mean i've always been a fan but he really reaches another career high with. this segment by saying wow is the fact that there was so much noise being made. and yet i see he is not in the winnings you know he was he was locked out this year. hollywood. caprio and brad

pitt was a great great movie one of my favorites really shows and also at the top of his powers and this is 25 years since he won. the palme d'or for pulp fiction and launch this year was. really really well received by the critics but maybe use just too big he doesn't need another palm. is clearly got started with. but i don't actually think he'll be upset by this because he's a huge fan of. calls in the best director in asia so i think he'd be satisfied. thank you for adding color to the cannes film festival wrappings thanks so much. i'm opposed has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month he's promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment ramaphosa as presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor the inauguration took place

in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance was an ecstatic reception for the false democratically elected president since the end of apartheid more than 30000 people gathered to watch several mammoth take the presidential oath. was in his inaugural address he promised that his presidency would assure in a new era. the challenge is not a walk on truth they are huge and they are real. but they are not insurmountable. they can be soem. an arctic standard here to say. that they are going to be sold. problems including rampant corruption a series of scandals forced former president jacob zuma to step down in 2018 and

run a poser took over as president he was returned to office in this month's election but vote has to live with the west africa results for his ruling african national congress party from opposing knows restoring confidence is a mammoth task. through your fault that will do not work especially there you are. in recent times our people have watched a some of those in a home they have invested they are crossed they're starving not to the temptation of kawar and rich or. corruption has strangled economic growth in south africa where unemployment tops 25 percent a quarter of a century since the end of apartheid it remains one of the world's most economically unequal countries there are high hopes for them oppose a there's

a big question mark over whether he can deliver on his promises his fast test taking ministers free from the taint of corruption when he chooses his cabinet next week. now to some of the other stories making news around the world malawi's high court has ordered a vote recount for roughly a 3rd of its districts in the country's presidential election the move comes after opposition groups complained of rigging in the may 21st poll the national electoral board suspended its results tally on friday after receiving some 147 complaints from various. parties. the mayor of leo in france has condemned an explosion which took place in a central pedestrian shopping street yesterday calling it in comprehensible the blast left 13 people wounded police say they are searching for one man in connection with the incident no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. us president donald trump has arrived for a 4 day state visit in japan the meeting is supposed to strengthen ties and trade

relations between the 2 countries will meet with japan's prime minister and business leaders and will also attend a dinner at the imperial power. it's day 3 of voting in the e.u. poem entry election small to slovakia and head to the polls with the czech republic entering its 2nd day of voting most countries vote tomorrow with the results expected late sunday night and d w of course will have full coverage of those e.u. elections both on air and online tomorrow. a united nations maritime court says russia must immediately free u.k. . sailors it's been holding for months and release their vessels last november fired on and seized 3 ukrainian ships off the crimean peninsula the confrontation was a major escalation of tensions between the 2 countries in the conflict over russia's

24000 annexation of crimea the that move prompted ukraine to appeal to the un's international tribunal for the law of the sea in hamburg. ukraine's deputy foreign minister argued her country's case and humbugged kiev had requested that the international tribunal for the north of the city make a ruling on the incident and the court's ruling came on saturday the russian federation immediately released the $24.00 detained ukrainian silversmith and allowed them to return to ukraine the tribunals also found that 3 couples skated naval ships must be returned to ukraine but whether russia will comply remains unclear moscow refuses to recognize the body's jurisdiction the russian foreign ministry says that in november 28th seen the ukrainian naval vessels violated its maritime border in the sea if as of therefore according to the moscow ministry the case is an issue for the russian judicial system the ukrainian sailors

in custody i currently facing a possible 6 year prison sentence in russia the ukrainian government however hopes that the tribunals ruling could persuade moscow to back down the whole international community is for ukraine and that they will press on russian president to release our crew members and that russia has until the end of june to comply with the tribunals rolling if the 2 countries can't come to an agreement by then the case could go on to a court of arbitration. by and munich have just won the german cup final here in berlin after 3 nil victory against rb leipzig joining me to discuss the matter is tom good noise from d.w. sports. was there any doubt ever i mean how did that byron do that so that was for a while i mean early on in the game lots you had quite a few very big chances. and they did really make bond fight for the for the win. in fact perhaps the best chances throughout the game where they were wasteful in front

of goal by and were of course very very clinical. scored twice. with the 2nd and they just took their chances it was a real clinical touch and eventually now the players have got revenge on their own coach because of course they lost in the cup final last year to frank on were coached by their current coach. a pleasing not for me i mean if you to boil this down as somebody who didn't watch the match what basically brought it to them what. a clinical touch because didn't necessarily have the biggest chances in the game but like i said lots it didn't take their chances whenever by going front of goal they. missed chances there's a reason why live in those is the blues niggas talk goes again this season and of course there has to be a mention for somebody who didn't watch the game needs to know manuel neuer was fantastic. to stop you suppose from from putting in front and then also made

a very big save on in the 2nd half to prevent. it from drawing this was never a. big shouts of mine illinois. so blind of course wins the league yet again and yet there is speculation that their coach who you just mentioned. might be sacked how does winning the cup how does winning this event you know change his job prospects i think it makes him quite a lot more. questions i have in the job as by. through the season of course. you know when bruce you don't win we're way out in front of the top of the league but look what's happened at the end of the day he's finished a very successful season they've come back and won the bundesliga during the double you know the cup on the league is no mean feat he's defended his own title is now one the german cup twice in a row with 2 different teams which i'm not sure if i've ever been done before tom we'll have to end it there fair enough of this fantastic thanks for that color

formula one racing now where mercedes driver lewis hamilton has won pole position for sunday's monaco grand prix it's the 85th time the defending world champion will take the top spot on the starting grid he'll be joined by teammate valtteri bottas in the front row red bulls max ver stop and qualified 3rd in ferrari's sebastian vettel for. preceding sunday's formula one race in monaco is the formula which is which is it's called the e.p. 3 here in berlin it's the 10th race of the season for the series which only uses cars with electric motors the track is built around berlin former tempelhof airport and the race last only 45 minutes brazil's lucas' degrassi finish in 1st place that means the audi driver is now 2nd in the overall rankings he was followed by grammy in 2nd and overall leader john erin burnett in 3rd and remind of the top stories we're following for you a dark comedy by south korean director bungs going to whoa becomes the 1st movie

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