if you're a. little election today going. to . the to. play . play play. play. so the c.w. news live from berlin to europe goes to the polls hundreds of millions cast ballots and a mammoth election promises to bring about big changes in the european parliament will bring you all the latest on the signs today for the e.u. also coming up. on a glittering evening to wrap up this kiln cannes film festival the big names to go home empty handed as newcomers make history

a korean filmmaker takes the palme d'or a while as senegalese debutant is awarded 2nd prize becoming the 1st black woman to win big cat. and one of the champions also include any surmountable and the german company thing life takes greenmail in the final with from a month off the scoring 2 of the goal. welcome to the program. millions of voters across europe are going to the polls to elect representatives to the european parliament it's the final day of voting with 21 countries taking part today calling some of the biggest germany france italy spain and poland results are expected this evening citizens across the block have been voting since thursday with some 427000000 people eligible to cast their

ballots. populist parties are expected to make significant gains in this election and take a look at what is at stake. they see the come not to break europe but to remake it divided by language. united by populism could be said the books with their bricks let me be clear that store security is right and a common enemy is under. there europe's far right leaders and together they are appending decades of e.u. rules and norms laying siege from within. the man hoping to lead best parts work of populist it's a he's deputy prime minister macho salvini his hardline italy 1st man a 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. our objective is to finally be a force for government and change your name to bring your blood new hope a dream. for. his closest ally is marina pain. the haid of france's far right political dynasty she learned to campaign with her firebrand father nationalism runs and hard blood but now she's gone her own way. the french flag iraq for a. it's on the elites the e.u. and immigration in the past she called for funds to leave the union but has since returned seeking instead this trip back to be used power. so we no longer want this european union that is fretting and pride of globalization on europe globalization without regulation means having slaves manufacture to sell to the unemployed.

helping to banish the shackles of brussels as york might and 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 exhibit a german exit from the e.u. if the bloc fails to change it. and we want to avoid damage we'll need to change of direction otherwise briggs's won't be the last exit. then there is viktor orban. hungriest 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

curtain now he shows off the fences 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 salvini 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 6. 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. by you know rally in milan last week. the rain drenched crowd testament to the speed of the populist push by. the mom costing himself as europe's salvation. by a rising tide and resentment. joining me now from the brandenburg gate here in

berlin as a correspondent. welcome populism is on the rise around europe tell us more about the situation here in germany where the rise of populism across europe is a story that has much more to do with the fragmentation of the political landscape across europe and germany is a prime example for that as is just heard we've have here in germany the as a nazi the dogs on the isle tended to for germany a far right populist policy that entered the german parliament the national parliament the talk in 2017 and they have made the german parliament more fark meant to have no more parties in the german parliament and this is expected to be happening also in the european parliament that will see more smaller nice party centering and at the same time the bigger parties the so-called folks pits high and such as the conservatives the social democrats losing seats and voices said within the european political landscape and that will ultimately both in germany and in

europe make a fortune coalitions and getting through issues more complicated and difficult how important are these elections to people living in germany. well of course any kind of election that isn't a national election is always also seen as a kind of temperature taking on a national election so what we'll see here today in germany the result of the european elections will also give us an indication what the political climate in journey itself is for the upcoming federal elections this autumn but also for the next german elections in 2 years and what's especially important is going to see how the conservatives the party of german chancellor angela merkel with the new leader the. come come out the new leader of the c.d.u. will be doing and how these social democrats will be doing who were one of the strongest forces also in the european parliament and they're currently the government of germany and what of course is the other issue is that an election

like the european election is also give us our take on how germany is standing on the european project now we've seen in the upcoming in the weeks going on for the election the lot of people have been speaking out both skeptically and positively on the european project on the european union and the voter turnout today on the european elections also giving us an indicator on how many germans believe in the european project and want to be part of that transnational democracy and we've been speaking to a couple of people here on germany let's hear what they have to say about the european election. europe for me means democracy being against nationalism. anything because of this far right so much sweeping europe it's especially important to vote so that we can retain democracy in europe. europe means friendship among all of its people between neighboring countries it's really great to feel european the enter cultural understanding. it's

a great excitement there about these elections a month away on a what are the issues motivating people to vote and germany today. well some have called this european election a vote on climate change on the global climate emergency especially in germany but also across europe we've seen especially young people taking to the streets in favor of a new climate policy and that might mean that also in germany we'll see a rise of the greens and the european election results but as we've also seen populist have gained quite a loss in the last couple of years here in the european landscape political landscape and in germany and that is because in 2015 we had a migration crisis that impacted germany quite heavily so migration migration policy and the way germany wants to handle that is also a topic that impacted the german perspective on the european elections quite heavily maximally on acosta thank you very much. now to some of the other stories

making news around the world. u.s. president donald trump a spending his 2nd day in tokyo golfing with prime minister shinzo off and attending the sumo wrestling grand finale despite the from the atmosphere there are tough trade talks ahead as well as differences over the threat posed by north korea . but one new guinea's prime minister peter o'neill has stepped down following pressure over a multibillion dollar gas export deal that critics say failed to protect the interests of national firms as president his resignation follows weeks of defections to the opposition is handed over leadership to former prime minister julius cham. of thousands of israelis a protest against legislation that could grant prime minister benjamin netanyahu munity from prosecution israel's attorney general says he intends to charge netanyahu a fraud and bribery that yahoo won a 5th term last month. 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 acclaimed korean comedy and the 2nd prize to 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 concept of a listers . but this year the biggest stars stayed seated as lesser known filmmakers picked up their awards. but it was this south korean dark comedy parasite that claimed the top award the pot. 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 fixes reza. need 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 a con. quinten terran tino's once upon a time in hollywood starring brad pitt and leonardo dicaprio won nothing despite being well received by critics. this time hollywood's heavy hitters were sent home undecorated. by munich have won the german cup adding to their elite title to seal a domestic double in saturday's contest their record champions face alight 6 signing yearning for glory and competing in their 1st ever major fine. by iron came

into the game knowing they had not been at their best over the course of the bundesliga sees it opponents life sick had already given the defending champions 2 tough league matches prior to this final leipsic put the pressure on and had the better of the early chances but buyer keeper model moya saved his squad from conceding early then robert live in dos he scored a sensational header 29 minutes in to tip the scales in byron's favor. in the 2nd half byron were more dominant case the cold months scoring 12 minutes from full time followed by another goal from 11 dogs ski to make it 3 nil noya who hadn't seen action since mid april helped seal the victory with the shut out for him the win was special. i was reading mentally prepared last year was quite bitter for me because i couldn't play in the finals i really like this competition and

playing in berlin it's a great experience that's why i was highly motivated and i wanted to give it my all my never said i sometimes. becomes the 1st coach to win back to back german cups with 2 different teams having beaten by in last year at frankfurt buyer and also have big boots to fill for the future with international stars are in robin in frank river really leaving the club for destinations unknown. formula one racing now where mercedes driver lewis hamilton has won pole position for today's monaco grand prix in the 85th time the defending world champion will take the top spot on the starting grid will be joined by team and teddy but us in the front row red bulls a stop and all 5 3rd and ferrari's about 10 fetta 4th. and 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 more populist parties are expected to make a strong showing. there will of course continue to follow the crucial election the very closely for you here on the w. with special coverage throughout the day next up as the documentary the last harvest stage and for that it is back at the top of the hour on the run rate as everybody here n.p.r. len thanks for joining to. shifting powers the old order is history the world is religion ours in itself and the media's role to use keep the topics in focus of the global media forum 2019 today one out of 2 people is online who are we following whom do we trust to beijing and shape the future at the georgia dome or global media for 22.