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iranians have cast of their elections in which incumbent theani o-- is against hardliner ebrahim raisi. emmanuel macron visits troops in mali, highlighting the importance of the battle against jihadists. and a word with the wikileaks founder julian assigned, as
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chargesrops their rape against him. --julian assange as sweden drops their rape charges against him. good evening. the french president, emmanuel macron has been visiting french troops based in mali, highlighting the importance he places on fighting militants in the region who he says a pose a threat to all of your. europe.f speaking at a news conference in the city where some 606 -- some 1600 french soldiers are based, president macri said he will -- president macron said france will continue to shoulder this battle while other countries have a place to play as well.
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>> germany is investing more than enough in military. this is like walking with germany can make us more efficient when soldiers lives cannot be saved. macron speaking there. the french army is deployed in several regions across south africa. we take a closer look. infranch intervened in mali january 2013 at the request of the president of mali. jihadists drive out in the country's north and keep them from marching on the capital. france carried out dozens of airstrikes on islamist positions and deployed up to 3500
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soldiers. major cities were liberated within a week and french president francois hollande received a hero's welcome on his visit to timbuktu. >> what you what to say to the president? >> he is a national hero. thank you so much. >> i want to say thank you to the french president. thank you for what you did for mali. maliance's intervention in withheld as a success, but four years on, security remains an issue in the region. some 4000 french troops are deployed in five african countries, fighting islamist insurgents across the mineral rich region. at least 19 french soldiers have died there since 2013 and french military bases has come under attack in recent months.
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dozens were killed in a car bombing at a camp in january. >> the wikileaks founder julian balconye appeared on the of the ecuadorian empath embassy.ian in thn >> still hold up in the ecuadorian embassy, julian assange hailed that sweden was a dropping the charges against him. chargen years without while my children grew up without me. it is not something i can forgive or forget. >> swedish authorities say no
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spry spec's -- say there are no prospects in bringing assange to sweden in the foreseeable future. he could be arrested if he goes to sweden before 2020. his lawyer declared it a victory. >> he can leave the embassy whenever he wants to, you can go out and take a cup of coffee. >> it is not that simple. british police say they would still arrest assange is he leaves the ecuadorian embassy f or not appearing at court. being extradited to the united states to face prosecution over wikileaks's
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release of classified material. u.s. and british officials would not comment whether there was an award -- there was a warrant out for his arrest. cued up in of people iran today to cast their ballots after -- the process has been extended twice. analysts say a high turnout will work in the favor of the incumbent hassan rouhani. no incumbent has failed to win reelection since 1981 so history side.rouhani's bring us up to speed on how the voting process went? >> officially in the islamic
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polls are expected to close at 9:00 but now they are not closing until midnight. this is done in iran to encourage higher voter turnout. voters are telling us for them rouhani is the man that should continue to be at the helm. they believe that he can bring about change, reform and certainly cultural and social progress. we then moved on to central tehran which is considered to be pooerf a conservative, area. we are expecting to find ebrahim and again werters
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were speaking to more rouhani supporters. with his populist rhetoric has targeted iran's working-class poor and it is the villages and smaller towns casting their ballots for him. he is come out to file a complaint about fraud. he says not enough ballots papers were sent to the small villages and towns. >> we have this report that state tv says voting has a just wrapped up now in iran. give us a sense of what you think from speaking to people there in iran, what is in the forefront of a voter's minds. voting will be extended until midnight. we were speaking to voters
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inside this mosque, in terms of what is on the forefront of the one thing i cannot reiterate enough is in the economy. we've spoken previously about this, there was a nuclear deal but no one -- but no benefits down. down -- filtered they say they have not seen any profitable improvements in their palpatable improvements in their lives. another thing that has come up is cultural progress and freedom. rouhani has come out to say that mali -- iran's human rights have a long way to go. something that has not been coming up and this is a surprise to me is a national security,
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especially considering there is a rise of the islamic state in the region. thank you for that update. candidates on the ballot in iran are men and in four decades since the islamic republic was founded, no woman has run for the top office. >> it is an image you don't often see in iran, a woman in public with her hair completely uncovered. student, no she could be stopped by the country so-called morality police. she says when women object to wearing a headscarf, male politicians do not listen. >> they say it is not a problem. take off the
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scarfs. has reached out to voters like sarah. a photograph showed him standing beside two female hikers. has avative ebrahim raisi harder time appealing to young women. his views are considered to be closer to the iran supreme leader. the supreme leader issued a law for bidding women from -- for bikesg women from riding in town. >> it difficult because no other girls try to do it. areaura and her friends
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driving the country for, no matter who is in office, all the while keeping their hair covered , in line with islamic law. >> u.s. president donald trump is leaving his u.s. domestic was behind him as he embarks on his foreign trip as president as he goes to the vatican, brussels and ryad. just aded air force one few hours ago. public approval levels or president trump have a drop -- percentpped, just 38 of adults in the nine states approve of president trump. last-minute preparations underway in ryad ahead of donald trump's historic visit to saudi
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arabia. at the same moment in washington, the u.s. president vows to make his first trip abroad a success for all americans. >> with the safety, security and interest of the american people as my priority, i will strengthen all friendships and will seek new partners. >> ryad is washington's closest ally in the united -- in the souredeast but relations under president obama, especially in the wake of the 2015 iran nuclear deal. donald trump selection has the next -- has been net with -- had mixed reaction. >> you are a disgrace to the gop rica.and all of ame office, donald
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trump has tried to play down tensions, and his decision to make saudi arabia's first foreign visit as president since a strong message to the kingdom -- sends a strong message to the kingdom. >> i expected that the saudi's would like to hear the u.s. strategy that they can work with and engage in positively. >> under fire at home amid accusations of russian meddling in the 2015 -- in the 2016 presidential election, trump faces a significant test. his visit to saudi arabia will be followed by israel, italy and belgium. >> despite damaging new allegations, the president of brazil has said he is not going anywhere. he will remain in office. he says he is innocent despite
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he gave the green light for the payment of hush money. one and a number of scandals relating to brazil's ruling class. vicory tos tim teleflora. resigns, there have been increasing demonstrations against him, with the defections even from his own party seeming to be on the way but if he were to resign, according to the constitution, there would be in direct elections or the politicians would elect the next president. the problem here is one of legitimacy with the anticorruption investigation.
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out, if there is an impeachment proceeding or an investigation from the supreme court, that could be a lengthy process. there is another way out. theou have said, temer was vice president. underlight is investigation for financial irregularities. if those investigations are ehealth, it seems the election is canceled, opening the way for new elections. the problem is, who would be the candidate with the entire political class engulfed in the anticorruption inquiry. lula from the workers party is facing five different corruption probes. beener candidate has
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heavily implicated in the antitrust inquiry and has been suspended. whichever way one turns, one sees a difficult scenario. it becomes especially difficult for temer because his political base could crumble. temer has been trying to force through changes into the pension and labor legislation. he is only able to do this because he is made it quite clear he has no intention of standing as a president in the next elections. goes, those in changes to pensions and labor become very vulnerable because they will be seen as politically toxic for anyone who wants to be a candidate in the next election. that is why the market responded so strongly to the events yesterday with the brazilian currency plunging and also its
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shares on the stock exchange suspended after a plunge of more than 10% in value. a very complicated, not only political scenario but also economic scenario in brazil. >> it is time now for our special encore coverage from the cannes film festival. with france 24's eve jackson. ♪ >> so far the seen coming out of the festival is a lost and lonely children, rejected,
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abandoned, orphaned. of two children, both runaways to new york. ones two stories in one, set in the 1920's in black and white and the second in the very colorful 1970's. ♪ s> if "wonder struck" win cannes it will be as iff two movies take home the prize. the story based on a novel by brian selznick is about two children who run away to find 1920 andents, one in the other year laters -- years
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later. julianne moore plays two different roles. the actors one in --the actress won in cannes years ago and was deeply moved by the book. >> i found it so compelling and said universal -- and so universal a story, how when you are young you try to take control of your young life. wonderstruck" is one of moorel movies haynes and worked together on. >> we spend a lot of time
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looking at silent film and movies from the 1970's, urban two extraordinary era in our history. with a norman and no experience in -- enormous talent and no experience in film. >> i never dreamt my life would be hrere for this. >> the dream continues to the end of the festival and beyond. >> it is little wonder the stars gather here at the cannes film festival every year. as well as michelle williams and inianne moore, she is here
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" let the sunshine in." my colleague went to meet her. [speaking in french] ♪ >> juliet, hello. thanks for speaking to us. in" is a sunshine story of a search for love. do you think that is what we all
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want in life? >> it is a search for absolute love, a search for the possibility of shared happiness but one character has other passions, she paints, she is a child but it is true she is recently divorced and she wants to rediscover the taste for shared adventure and feel some emotion because when it comes to love, emotion is the most important. >> it is an emotional roller character goes from laughing to crying with such ease. is there anything of you in your character? >> not at all. >> your characters in general? >> of course the emotion he succumb from the actor see commit your on body and emotions into the role -- own body and
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emotion to the role. -- whoare an actor bes --you haver in 1997 all these awards? >> you just go home, you don't have anything to do. win prizes as it is something concrete, to be recognized by your peers is not nothing. awards when i was younger because i was rubbish at school. honestly, it is not what drives me. awards have opened doors for you, allowing you to star in hollywood films, most recently "ghost in the shell."
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damaged, we was made you a new body but your --d, your soul, your ghost, you are the first of this kind. >> you always said it is important for you to do some with foreign directors, like? -- why? >> because it opens doors. i want to work abroad. i want to see what is going on abroad and i want them to come to france and see what we're doing here. cinema is an amazing springboard. there should not be any borders in the world. we set them up. there are many languages but that allows us to cross borders. when you work with someone who does not speak the same language, there is a human
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connection that is always there. >> you're going to start in a film with -- would be his last film, hattie filled out the -- how do you feel about this? >> he said this before i read the script. i was a bit surprised. i think he is an amazing actor or. --actor. he must not do something yard he knows how to. i hope he does something fresh given his monumental career. that is what i find the most interesting. that is all i can say. >> i hope you find that spark. >> happy cannes festival. >> still to come, kristen
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stewart, dustin hoffman and so many more. keep up with us on facebook, instagram and twitter. see more with more action from the cannes film festival.
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05/19/17 05/19/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from los angeles, this is democracy now! swedish prosecutors have dropped the investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by wikileaks founder julian assange. but could he still be extradited to the united states if he ststs foot outut of the ecuadoran embbassy where he has been holed up f for close to fiveve years? we will speak to human rights lawyer. then to the war on drugs.

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