scott roxboro in venice for us thank you scott. now american daredevil jesse combs has died in the race car driver and television host was killed while attempting to set a new land speed record in the u.s. state of oregon the 39 year old crashed as she was racing across a dry lake bed as she was attempting to beat the 512 mile per hour women's record combs dreamed of becoming the fastest woman on earth and had been pursuing that goal since 2012 she was called and an amazing spirit by those close to her. reminder now of our top stories here on g.w. italy's president has given prime minister g 7 conti a mandate to form a new government that's after 2 former rivals of the anti establishment 5 star movement of the center left democratic party agreed to join forces to block a grab a power grab by far right leader john tale. coming up next focus on europe this time to look at a german world war 2 shipwreck off the polish coast that's become a ticking ecological time bomb that is in just a few minutes here upon g.w. we'll have more news a

the venice film festival kicks off this week and that means locker room dollar crime of the film. world heading to italy to watch the biggest film premiere with the biggest stars and we're about to take a peek at some of the movies they'll be looking at the festival is also considered the of the romance of the academy awards next february to tell as well so all this means and going to is through this year is movies david left it's now the oscars a still haul for year why he did it so what is all the fuss about the other half a year away but they're also half a year away robin but instead it's time for the studios to really go into overdrive crank it up and show the academy and all the other awards what they've got and that's what they're doing this is the kickoff to oscar season ok so i was a big movie primarily and a festival that we should look out for well in terms of hollywood movies and big production values the number one movie i would say is ad astra this is a deep space if i draw my story brad pitt as an astronaut who goes to the edges of our solar system in order to save

venice has doubled the number of female driver. to this year as opposed to one last year yeah they came under huge fire for this last year and the director of the festival said well there's not going to be a woman quota if they did and they get in this year to have gotten a lot of critics say the festival is biased ok david as always thank you for your insights we'll have of course more on the festival later in the week thank you. brad pitt is actually going to appear briefly in this next report because he's a fan of hats made by fiona bennett here in berlin bennett is one of the people featured in our alternative tori's guide planet len so what about entrepreneurs who come to this city from abroad and have thriving businesses here. you know you bet it never feels properly dressed without a hat she creates exquisite head again in her. steps but then is always on the go and that fascinates me. with. the idea that it has been designing ladies and men's hands for life so glamorous moments. since the late 1980 s. shot past in the centr

now one of the world's most famous villains takes center stage at the venice film festival a jerk or preview as on the biggest screen with what you see next playing the lead role is the 1st superhero movie should be shot down the best of all. i'm head of the humphrey glad you could join me. well we begin the program with some breaking news just coming in police in the u.s. state of texas say that around 20 people have been shot in the area around the cities of midland odessa with already say that more than one shooter could be at large and details are still coming in we'll bring you more information once we have it to hong kong now where thousands of protesters have gathered for the 13th straight weekend defining a ban by all forty's now action on the streets intensified on saturday with demonstrators starting fires and police responding with a new tactic a water cannon designed to mock those who took part in the protest today's clashes took place on a symbolic date 5 years ago today mainland china said no open elections in hong kong. after hours of clashes police storm a subway stat

and one of the world's most famous villains takes center stage out the venice film festival the german coprime yes on the big screen with joaquin phoenix playing the lead role is the 1st superhero movie to be shown up at the festival. am. i and. i'm headed home free glad you could join me we begin in hong kong with thousands of protesters have gathered for the 13th straight weekend defining a ban by authorities action on the streets intensified on saturday with demonstrators starting fires and police responding with a new tactic a walks a cannon designed to mock those who took part in the protests well today's clashes took place on a symbolic date 5 years ago today mainland china said no to open elections in hong kong. i after hours of clashes police storm a subway station. inside this. the it's not clear whether all of those targeted had attended saturday's protest. the. as videos and photos flooded social media many allege that the beatings were indiscriminate and that 1st aid responders were denied entry. police said they were responding to protesters vandalizing ticket machines. th

town one of the world's most famous villages takes center stage out the venice film festival the joke out probably as on the big screen with joaquin phoenix playing the lead role to go live to our correspondent in the street tomorrow. am. to. i'm at home free glad you could join me we begin in hong kong where thousands of protesters have gathered for the 13th straight weekend defying a ban byo forces action on the streets intensified on saturday with demonstrators starting fires and police responding with a new tactic a water cannon designed to mock those who took part in the protest today scotus took place on a symbolic day 5 years ago today. mainland china said no to open elections in hong kong. after 13 weeks of mass demonstrations the crackdown takes on a darker shade for the 1st time police fired water cannons loaded with blue dye staining frontline protesters and promising to prosecute the authorities and want hong kong residents not to participate in the band demonstrations thousands defied them. for much of the purpose of hitting the streets today is to tell the government you

right there for us in venice thank you very much. you're watching news i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour but we want to leave you now with some pictures from the. fireworks world championships taking place this weekend at berlin's olympic stadium they. call it underway friday after lin's olympic stadium 6 international teams are taking part to put on a display lasting 50 team minutes but. i . still chose to. do it yourself or. next you channel god don't miss out. september 1st sentences. germany's invasion of poland touched on world war 2.

right there for us in venice thank you very much. our sports now and in the bundesliga champions our munich have gone goal crazy on match day 3 they did concede a goal early on but came a search back with 6 of their own and a win against mites no goals in later coups and hoffenheim as that ended and they scoreless draw newly promoted pot of born got their 1st point of the season at cologne taking care of 5 borg shelter down harrison and on friday leipzig routed gladbach dortmund and berlin will be getting away shortly and on sunday bremen will host the bird well dusseldorf travel to frankfurt and a reminder of the top story that we're following for you at this hour police fire tear gas and water cannons with blue dye of protesters on the streets of hong kong it's the 13th straight weekend of mass protests there for thousands of folks democracy demonstrators defied a police ban to march just a day after several protest leaders were arrested in a sweeping crackdown. through watching news more news at the top of the hour don't forget al

right now over to venice and to our correspondent scott rock's. scott hello now that that is known as a condom. staso you can go for the oscars so have you seen any awards were the movies. well the 2 that you just introduced there i think both have a good chance of making it to the oscars next year mary story in particular i thought was amazing this is basically a sort of an update on kramer vs kramer at the story of a of a divorce told in excruciating detail adam driver and hanson are the pair that split and they're both phenomenal adam driver particular i think if he doesn't get an oscar nomination for this performance all i don't know i'll turn in my card but it was truly excruciating look at a marriage falling apart but done beautifully with just the right touches of humor i thought it was a really amazing film and. similar with ad astra very different type of movie but the form of the brad pitt in it which is almost almost worthless i mean most movie was looking at him staring into space or thinking deeply very subtle performance that he give

who gets credit for taking scenery venice is just too close and too tempting. yes but is an insider tip sterile moron or whether a few tourists in venice is just 20 minutes away on a boat much more about european islands to visit on all websites of all sorts of all cultural topics d.w. dot com slash culture and on facebook culture. that's it for now though cheers bob barker. it happens every day every way in the world as soon as you come home he'd start beating me even when i was pregnant he threw me onto the bed and he beat me as hard as he could violence against women because men think it's. a violation of human rights. full all the world to see in 15 minutes d.w. . small circle in superior big changes. people making it possible to go africa. fantastic right trying that as they set out to safe environments. to learn from one another. and work together for a better future. 90 minutes on d w. nico is in germany to learn german. published in the. why not learn with him online on the mobile and free to south africa the w z learning course nikos fic. never has it

venice isn't the only place where the cruise boom has faced backlash another one is no way. the country is one of the top destinations for cruises from germany. the guy hunger fuel watch another unesco world heritage site is especially popular. if you were to tracks many crews tourists. it's picture perfect. but the high mountains surrounding the narrow fjords mean exhaust fumes cannot disperse. during the shooting for this film comeback lloyd and i need to wait in the fuel and . but the problem of concentrated pollution because with all crews operate is. the guy running the field isn't the only case like this organic farm and as fed time has his firm in fly on the famous sun you know if you want to. show that there are new factories inside but that doesn't mean the end is always clean. we often have very still guys that we often have 2 or 3 or 4 ships and is a very still day and the 4 ships plus all the express boats in the ferries and the keys and the buses and the cars and this sort of just it's a solid job is it really that to see.

festival in venice scott thank you. and here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you italy's political parties have reached a deal before many governments a coalition between the entire u.s. government finds for movement and the central a democratic party will be led by giuseppe conte conte resigned as prime minister just. a few weeks ago following the collapse of italy's populist government much of the w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day. it's time to take one step further. and face. time here of just such the young up and fight for the troops. to overcome downtrends and connecticut. it's time for. a new ws coming up ahead. minds. i'm not laughing tap the gem well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up in whichever piece of german thinks deacons or german culture looking at the stereotypes question to me is think this leaves the country behind on time. do you mean to say thanks for this drama. to me it's all about a new i'm rachel join me in the kitchen beat up your. post.

mark is a venice resident advocate who runs the venice stockholders association. when the homeless began to congregate here, residents took matters into their own hands. on the advice of law enforcement, installed theseaw planters to occupy much of the sidewalk in the neighborhood. >> we had a constant problem with a very large homeless encampment here. and the people living in it were living right up against residents. you have a problem of break-ins both in to properties and into cars. >> have crimes gone up? >> crimes are way up. and then you have a lot of a -- a lot of harassment, people screaming at each other at 2:00 a.m. in the morning, aan father comes out and says, hey, can you quiet down, you're scaring my kids. and the response is get the f back in your house or h i'm goig to fire bomb your house. we raised the -- the group of over 50 local residents raised $35,000. we got a contractor who would work for basically for free. he brought the crew in, built all of these. >> three blocks from the beach. this is an area run by a guy named the van god. tell me

no he gets credit for taking scenery venice is just too close and too tempting. yes but it is an insider to. weather a few tourists and venice is just 20 minutes away on a boat much more about european islands to visit on a website on all sorts of all topics dot com slash culture on facebook. that's it for now though cheers for bottom. of. the phone. enter the conflict. lies in populism a rising in venezuela hong kong protests rex's blog. the world is in crisis mode just this week we will track of the key interviews of the season the point is to people want change they implied in your meal every now and then so in england you. sophia. takes a personal leave. with all the wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. for all truth. is funny. because more than football online. it's a. 100 german streets on t w. robots are still in the development phase so far but what's going to happen when they grow up. with humans and machines able to peacefully coexist. or are we on the verge of a remarkable life. if we just bumble into this totally unprepared with

scott is in venice. good evening to you. to me about this opening fail, "the truth," what can we expect? >> i know his films well. last year, he won the palm dior and can -- palm -- d'or in canne. this is his first move -- movie outside of japan. he made a french movie. it's a love letter to french cinema. i was comparing this movie to french food. worth checking out if you love french cinema and the lead actress in this. this is one for her fans. maybe not the weightiest film i'm going to see this year. brent: there were 20 other films in the competition. what are you looking forward to? >> there are interesting movies here. venice is the starting gun for the oscar season. looking at a lot of films that have a chance to get academy awards in a few months time area joker is an interesting movie. it's a superhero movie. it's supposed to be a dark take on the superhero genre. it has joaquin phoenix as the infamous villain. t's a film from his perspective. it's being compared to films like taxi driver. i'm excited to see it. th

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and 2 islands close to venice famous for their colorful houses and their glass blowing tradition. they are the musters of self publicity and provocation but this time the headlines are positive guitarists. crisper of german band rhymes died kissed on stage in moscow in what is being seen as a protest against russian anti l g b t situ the band later posted a photo of the kiss on instagram with the caption russia. it has to be said it's not the 1st time the 2 guitarists have kissed on stage but of course it's of special significance in russia now the band have a huge following there so much sorrow that a russian cover band called radio tap or translate their songs into russian on a very successful themselves getting radio plays and their copycat videos getting millions of clicks on social media. bristle of all of that when they were led to their album i just had to do it i started immediately i called the guys and we recorded the video in just 4 days ramstein had been silent for 10 years and everyone was just waiting for something new. like i'm still available. to sing up businesses

your critic i could list on all i believe that this year to a film that's run here in venice will be awarded to nascar by the academy and hollywood. to be an owner opened with the film very t.v. or the truth by horror. with catherine deneuve and juliette binoche. the 2 women play mother and daughter plays a great actress who's just penned her autobiography that her daughter finds the truth revealed in the memoir abscessing. as you know but. your mother is famous for making up stories when she answers interview questions because imagination is more important to her and there's truth or reality there's something inside her that lives with fiction you have their lives you critics say not enough female directors are taking part in the competition but the festival director has so far refused to set a quota. sport will start with the football and by and star striker robin leventhal skis extended his contract with the defending bronze league champions until 2023 the 31 year old had been vocal about wanting biron to make big signings to remain competitive the club appears to have done enough

plus the world's oldest film festival gets underway in venice but a controversy over gender equality threatens to steal the spotlight will tell you want. to follow in terry martin welcome to the program italy's president has given prime minister just epic conte a mandate to form a new government that's after 2 former rivals the anti establishment 5 star movement and the center left democratic party agreed to join forces to stave off a challenge from far right leader matteo salvini. after talks with the italian president on wednesday rival parties the fine star movement and the democratic party made their positions clear one wants to stay in power the others are ready to join the government. today we informed the president of the republic that the 5 star movement and the democratic party have reached a political agreement since she didn't use a pick content will remain prime minister and try to form a lasting government. so it's time to form a government that will head in a new direction. no more business as usual. we should be the beginning of a new political and social era in italy.

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s residence cinephile a sculpture in venice and has seen the film welcome scott roman polanski's films always make headlines mostly because of his criminal record what do you make of. the film itself actually is quite good i mean the drive to the fair is quite well known but it's never been turned into a film and it's a quite compelling story about a jewish french officer falsely accused of treason and the scandal that resulted from that which almost brought down the government in france at the time and polanski whatever you think of the man he's a good filmmaker he tells quite compelling story which is sort of half historical thriller and half courtroom drama but of course a lot of the talk here in venice with this premier is not about how good the film is or its qualities but about the director of itself and whether or not like a vanishing. a platform for a man like polanski who course has a criminal history. and he wasn't he wasn't even there for his big moment was a. no no actually no one really expected him to come because polanski as you know he was convicted of statutory rape in

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the world's oldest film festival has opened in venice with $21.00 films vying for the coveted golden lion the lineup includes plenty of hollywood heavyweights including brad pitt's johnny depp and meryl streep but the competition began with a film starring 2 french leading ladies. once again it's time to see and be seen actors and directors bring their newest films to the oldest film festival in the world it's no secret here if you win a golden lion on the venice lido you've got a good chance of winning an oscar. your critic i believe that this year to a film that's run here in venice will be awarded to moscow by the academy and hollywood. the be and ali opened with the film love elite 8 for the truth by hirokazu korea and with cutting to nerve and juliette binoche the 2 women play mother and daughter to do plays a great actress who has just penned her autobiography but the daughter finds the truth revealed in the memoir upsetting which strains the relationship. as you know but. the mother is famous for making up stories when she answers interview questions because imagination is mor

but we begin at the venice film festival which in recent years has become more and more important asywood likes to premiere films there to give them time to build up steam for the oscars in 6 months time i'll be talking to our man in venice scott rocks in a minute but 1st let's take a look at 2 highly anticipated movies marriage stories starring scarlett johansson and 1st ad astra starring this man brad pitt. its objective was to search for advanced extraterrestrial life the ship disappeared approximately 16 years into the mission and the commander was it was my father's. wish. to shock you.

the seating would go but why is that because the situation is unsustainable we have $18700000.00 venice ones have lost $25.00 pounds over the last year that's the beginning of a major famine you have been saying it's unsustainable for the last 2 years up you've been saying it's unsustainable becomes increasingly and becomes increasingly unsustainable and you know you said you said the other day that in 2 weeks. the mites who are going to mowing very very well there were no injuries on the like this is still there and the president maduro is still in his palace with these armed forces as well with some of his armed forces i mean the head of his intelligence agency is now safely ensconced in the air well it's one. you've got plenty more now though no no really i mean they are negotiating behind his back there are negotiations going on right now and they are looking to to to get out and the situation is just a set of the sounds of the it will run out in the next year but in the middle of the last few days we had one guy go insisting that he had the backing of 80 to 85 percent of the venezu

venice isn't the only place where the cruise boom has faced backlash another one is no way. the country is one of the top destinations for cruises from germany. the guy who under fuel it another unesco world heritage site is especially popular. if you want attracts many cruise tourists. it's picture perfect. but the high mountains surrounding the narrow fjords mean exhaust fumes cannot disperse. during the shooting for this film have that lloyd and i need to wait in the fuel it . but the problem of concentrated pollution because with all crews operators. the guy running a field isn't the only case like this well granik fama and as full time has his fun inflow on the famous son yeah. sure there are new factories in sight but that doesn't mean the end is a waste. we often have very still dice that we often have 2 or 3 or 4 ships and is a very still day and the 4 ships plus all the express both of the ferries and the buses and the cars and this sort of this is the sum of all this is it really that the slow the air is absolutely terrible the debris and the smell the smell of flo

but we begin at the venice film festival which in recent years has become more and more important as hollywood likes to premiere films there to give them time to build up steam for the oscars in 6 months time i'll be talking to our man in venice scott rocks in a minute but 1st let's take a look at 2 highly anticipated movies marriage stories starring scarlett johansson and 1st ad astra starring this man brad pitt. its objective was to search for advanced extraterrestrial life the ship disappeared approximately 16 years into the mission and the commander was it was my father's. wish those were the shark.

the city of venice feels like one big film set in itself. but the hollywood stars aren't to be seen in the busy tourist areas they enjoy the more exclusive locations. hotel boats and water taxis take them on a 15 minute cruise to the island of san clemente the former site of a monastery. here security staff and porters are on hand to welcome the stars and starlets and ensure we keep our cameras turned off . the island belongs to a turkish investor and security is tight. but the exclusive awkward elo restaurant is open to anyone who books a table head chef giorgio shipper aker cooks for celebrity guests throughout the year but the venice film festival is still a highlight for him. leave them open for me and now i try to give some emotion with my food to the. giorgio says most of the stars just want to eat simple and traditional italian food but he still wants to offer them something a little special. he has a team of 4 helping in the kitchen over the years they've cooked for film stars from all over the world including actor robert de niro. s

the world's oldest film festival gets underway in venice french actress catherine to new friendship and grace the red carpet as their film the truth kicked off the competition for the golden locks. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us italy's president has given the prime minister mandate to form a new government country said the government would need to start right away on a budget for next year and would work to modernize italy to make it more competitive countries mandate follows a series of political twists and turns after the country's far right deputy prime minister pulled his party out of the governing coalition. 2 former rivals the antiestablishment 5 star movement and the center left democratic party this week agreed to join forces to avoid a new election and journalist seem a good time standing by in rome with the latest good to see you so it looks like a green light for this new coalition but what hurdles does it still have to overcome. yes there are quite a few and as you mention these ones bitter rivals are now green to work together so some of the sticking po

that's brad mobbed today in venice.he star posed for selfies, waved to fans and made casual look cool. denim and a new t. look closely on brad's right bicep. the 35-year-old got a new tattoo next to the one he got with ang lee. it's of an image of a tall man standing over his shadow. could be a reference to brad's role in "the curious case of benjamin button." for his new film "ad astra" brad heads to outer space. who helped him prepare? his pal george clooney. his film gravity premiered at venice in 2014. >> george and i exchanged some discomfort stories. >>> a few hours later brad went from casual to tuxedo. he's clearly having a moment and soon he might have another oscar. the buzz is good for "ad astra" which includes a scene about a strained father/son relationship. >> he was a pioneer. we are taught to be strong, not show weakness. you're denying things, you feel shame whether real or imagined the regrets in one's life. >> brad also got great reviews for "once upon a time in hollywood." >> you an actor? no. >> no,