lose. lose lose lose. lose. the c.w. news live from berlin europe goes to the polls and a mammoth election that promises to bring about heavy losses for the current ruling coalition in the european parliament populist party stand to take up the slack when hungry time ministers make the oman calling the vote a chance to stand up to brussels we'll bring you all the latest on the sites of today for the e.u. has over 500000010 of them so also coming up. on a glittering evening to wrap up the cannes film festival in the big names go home empty handed as newcomers make history

a korean film takes the palme d'or with us and they go leave it is awarded 2nd try and becoming the 1st black woman so when speak at cannes. and going to sling at champions byron units proved insurmountable in the german cup final 2 was behaving like take 3 nil with no but no one don't think you scoring 2 weeks ago. welcome to the program. millions of voters across europe are going to the polls today to elect representatives to the european parliament as the final day of voting with $21.00 countries taking part today including some of the biggest germany france italy spain and poland and as for results are expected tonight as an across the bloc of voting since thursday but more than 400000000 people eligible to cast their ballots populist parties are expected to make significant gains in this

election and take a look at what's at stake. they see the come not to break europe but to remake it divided by language. united by populism. with their bricks let me be clear that store security is right and i call him an enemy. they are europe's far right leaders and together they are appending decades of e.u. rules and norms. from within. the man hoping to leave work of populist it's a he's deputy prime minister macho salvini his hard line to the 1st man to face to help transform his friend's party and to government material i know he wants to do the same across the continent by ending together ideological bedfellows promising

to tear up the rules. are objective is to finally be a force for government and changing your name to bring your blood new hope a dream. for. his closest ally is marina painting. the head of france's far right political dynasty she learned to campaign with her firebrand father nationalism runs in hard blood but now she's gone her own way. the french flag iraq for a touch on the elites the. new and emigration in the past she called for france to leave the union but has since returned seeking instead this trip back to be used power. could say no longer want this european union that is fretting untried of globalization on europe globalization without regulation means having slaves manufacture to sell to the unemployed so. helping to banish the shackles of

brussels is your. of the alternative for germany leading up to born in the chaos of the financial crisis but who found success talking about migration equal marriage and islamic extremism unlike the others they have threatened a day get a german exit from the e.u. if the bloc fails to change it changed and we want to avoid damage we'll need to change of direction otherwise brags it won't be the last exit. then there is viktor orban. hungary's proudly a liberal prime minister. has combats a reputation recently and have the praise of a kindred spirit like me a little bit controversial but that's ok that's ok you've done a good job and you've kept your country safe in his youth helped tear down the iron carts and now he shows off the fence he's here wrecked it on europe's borders he

and salvini have formed a friendship of late seeing themselves as manning europe's front lines. if you will mr sullivan he says that we need a new europe and i support his concept i share his view i too think that we need a new chapter. but the success of the populist insurgency may well come down to whether salvini can turn friendship into partnership. was noticeably absent when solving these populist gathered for a final rally in milan. last week. the rain drenched crowd testament to the scale of the populist push by. the mean across. the mom comes to himself as europe's salvation not just by the rising tide anderson. joining me now from the brandenburg gate here in berlin is d.w. correspondent must see me on

a good morning my feeling on it people aren't just going out to vote today they're also rallying for european unity what's happening there where you are. well behind me is one of balance biggest quiet as in fact they're called unity and what they're doing right now is they're reading very tense all across the lens to very today in the european election by singing the european anthem and what they're doing is that actually bringing on a very modern version which we're hopefully going to him in a couple of minutes because they think europe has all the ballots what they told me the contrasts the conscious of a history of a very traditional and fem and modern pope music pumped up pope people all across europe giving up their votes and that's why they're literally making their voices heard right now here at the from the bookcase and past european elections turnout has been extremely low though one german make of them this time around are people actually going out to vote. but what we seem to for the european this election is that a lot of people have made their voices heard and been active about oh you now can

see them actually getting quite into the modern groove but what we've seen before the election is a lot of people speaking out and encouraging people to go us in votes and germany has been one of the countries always been above average in european european election votes to 10 outs so germany was always around 50 percent when there were going to the european elections the actual voter turnout is there was about 40 percent and i think this today we might even see more people coming specially with encouragement like these. populism is on the rise around your we just saw the report tell us more about the situation in germany. so i mean what we're seeing in germany in the political spectrum at the moment that's a lot of traditional parties the social democrats the christian democrats are actually losing in the projected votes for today and will be seeing as the rise of green parties and populous especially the a 50 the far right populist party which

has just gained access to the economy and in the 2017 election is going to be probably one of the strongest parties by gaining votes today in the european election and this is specially critical because they want to reform the you're used to their populist ideas and they fret and already if they won't get that done they want to push over germany leaving the european union and so what we see today is a lot of people coming out for the european elections especially in germany trying to make their voices heard and encouraging people to various so that this is not a vision coming forward. so this is really an important ballot could it become a turning point in european politics with all these new forces coming into the parliament. it definitely will change the landscape of the european parliament and the european union because what we see is that the classic traditional center left and right parties the social democrats the conservatives

are losing votes they're losing seats very probably in this next european parliament and what we'll see is a new kind of voices coming and a lot more fragmentation will see a stronger populace coming into the european parliament and of course this will make a more dynamic european parliament but it questionis would actually get more done in the european parliament is not as powerful as national parliaments but it gained a lot more power in the last couple of years especially through the lisbon treaty in 2014 and the question is will the european parliament be able to make this new power use in this election might seem to be on acosta thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump met with japanese prime minister shinzo amin for a round of golf to begin a 4 day visit to japan on monday trumbull be the 1st world leader to meet with japan's new member never a veto the ascend the throne earlier this month. thousands of israelis have

protested against legislation that could grant prime minister benjamin netanyahu immunity from prosecution israel's attorney general says he intends to charge netanyahu with fraud and bribery and one 5th term last month. thousands of people have gathered in albania capital toronto a protest against prime minister and the roma demonstrators called on him to step down to make way for early elections rejects allegations of fraud which many say helped him to win power in 2017 this was the 6th national rally in 3 months. hollywood's biggest names have left the cannes film festival empty handed after a final 9 dominated by new faces the top prize went to a highly. claim korean comedy and the 2nd prize to a debut feature by the 1st black female film director to ever compete at the festival. con it's one of the world's most glamorous gatherings with its invitation

only con fabs of a listers. by but this year the biggest stars stayed seated as lesser known filmmakers picked up their awards like all but it was the south korean dark comedy parasite that claimed the top award upon. director bung junho became the 1st korean to win that coveted prize. and i'm so honored french cinema has been a great inspiration to me the. parasite is a tale of 2 families. when the son of a struggling family fakes his resume to land a tutoring job in a well off household things don't go as planned. director bond called it a reflection on the reality of the times. the festival 2nd prize the company went to atlantics a film that was 1st in several ways. its french senegalese director mounted

europe's debut feature film it also marked the 1st time that a black female director competed at. quitting terrine tino's once upon a time in hollywood starring brad pitt and leonardo dicaprio one nothing despite being well received by critics. this time hollywood's heavy hitters were sent home undecorated. and as far as fire munich have won the german cup adding to their league title and sealing a domestic double in saturday's contest barring face alight 6 i competing in their 1st ever final and it was they who had most of their early scoring chances we can see them here and the whites are these but byron had them on i was unbeatable. bill and colin stryker would love and often prove to be clinical up front the 1st have gone was followed by a kingsley come on strike after the break before 11 dustin struck again to round off a 3 mil victory the 19th time that the record champions also won the german cup.

for more on the match i'm joined now by chris harrington from dailies for its crest yes signing match to very strong teams up against each other what made the difference for ryan well you know as championships go defense always makes a difference and this was the case you saw manuel neuer make you some incredible saves you know he's been sidelined for so long during the season you kind of forget he exists will he reminded not only leipsic but everyone you know watching that you know he is the number one guy you know he definitely has gills between the posts and then the momentum shifted you know like to put all the pressure early but once live in dusty net you know that it was business as usual you know they poured salt in the wounds after the break at it 2 more goals you know and then they secured you know a double for nico box was really big does he wasn't suitable with his and then not just the regular and then to a season kind of mark the changing of the guard at byron rather than every or both leaving how are they going to compensate what does the future hold from buying

a you know that's tough to say because you know you're talking about 2 very special players frankly pretty iraq in a decade of greatness on the pitch leaving incredibly huge boots to be filled you know by right now they've hit the pitch casey c'mon say it's not pretty in those spots gnabry you know he signed a contract that states and he did pretty well the sporting goals and recently on the press they're targeting leroy's side may who has really come to be the top player in the premier league so they're going to have to do some work you know to really find that magical combination you're talking about 2 players that helped buyers reach the final 4 of the champions league 7 out of 10 seasons you know that speaks of their greatness so buyers are going to be busy this transfer window and we'll have to wait and see chris arrington and t.w. sports thank you very much ok. and before we go a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you millions of voters across europe are choosing their representatives to the european parliament and in the election where populist parties are expected to make

a strong showing. we'll of course be following these closely you elections very closely for you with special coverage throughout the entire day coming up after a short break we have a documentary about their an oscar as mafia and illegal 1000000000 dollar trade with rhino horn in fact at the top of the hour a mix of bloody things you're going to be. shifting powers the old order is history the world is real you know is in itself and the media's role in the scheme the topic and focus of the global media forum 29 teams today one out of 2 people is online who are we following whom do we trust to beijing and shape the future at the torch of the of global media for 22 countries.