Im rebecca riches welcome to the program Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month hes promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime something Economic Growth and high unemployment oppose his presidency follows a Corruption Scandal that brought down his predecessor gratian took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. An ecstatic reception for the 4th democratically elected president since the end of apartheid more than 30000. 00 people gathered to watch several ram opposed to take the president ial oath. Was. In his new will address them oppose a promise that his presidency would in a new era challengers like a what country they. Are huge and they are real. But they are not insurmountable. They can be sold. And are extended here to say. That they are going to be so all those problems are the legacy of president jacob zuma back in court yesterday on corrupt
Takes office and. We hear from our correspondent about the challenges he faces. A michael thanks for joining us the 2019 Cannes Film Festival has come to a close with a star studded Award Ceremony the festivals top prize the palme dor went to south korean director bob hope for his black comedy parasite the prize for a 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 atlantis im joined now by scott rock star from our culture desk wow. My 1st thought. Was. 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 dor going there many many years parasite was my favorite film this year that usually means it wins nothing this time the jury agree with me finally they got it right no this is amazing film it is the 1st time a korean film has won the top prize in cannes but junho is a ve
Is heading for its worst election result in twenty five years of government we ask whats gone wrong with the party of nelson mandela. The homeless spend in paris with thirty thousand twitter followers he doesnt have likes but action from the city authorities as well. As well im terry martin welcome to the program well have more for you on those stories in just a moment but first some breaking news coming in theres been another tragedy involving refugees from africa in the Mediterranean Sea its one of the deadliest incident so far this year in which migrants were trying to reach europe as many as seventy people are feared to a drowned when their boat sank near the tunisian coasts the vessel was in International Waters off the town of spocks south of the capital tunis the Tunisian Defense Ministry says the boat had set sail from the libyan port of sue wara aiming to reach italy. Well for more on the story were joined now by joel milne and hes with the International Organization for migra
Hello im terry martin good to have you with us. Breaking news coming in theres been another tragedy involving refugees from africa in the Mediterranean Sea its one of the deadliest incidents so far this year in which migrants were trying to reach europe as many as seventy people are believed to have drowned when their boat sank near the tunisian coast the vessel was in International Waters off the town of spocks south of the capital tunis the Tunisian Defense Ministry says the boat had set sail from the libyan port of this awara aiming to reach italy. Well for more on this story were joined now by joel millman hes with the International Organization for migration in geneva and hes in touch with his tunisian called leagues dealing with the situation joel first of all bring us up to date with what happened. Well were hearing both from tunisia and libya staff that we have on the field understand there were two rescues separately this afternoon or during the day today one of them was the o
A high security turkish prison. Triggered a diplomatic crisis between germany and turkey. And in. Refugee and foreign embassies in caracas fearing arrest by the government of president. Socalled Opposition Leader. Remains free. Hello and welcome. Good to have you with us the trade dispute between the u. S. And china is heating up and could have far reaching consequences for the Global Economy the two sides have been in intense negotiations in washington all week but u. S. Treasury secretary steven says his talks with chinese vice premier league are done. Today beijing says it will take what it calls necessary Counter Measures after washington increased tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars of imports from china this International Trade war is escalating. And lets go over to our correspondent in washington all of a sonnet one of the trade talks have ended for the day not long after they began what happened. You know those who are brief talks in fact but that did not come as a surp