this is news coming to you live from berlin the nobel literature prize will not be awarded this year tarnished by sex abuse and finance scandals the swedish academy says the decision was made to regain public trust it's the first time in decades that the annual prize will not be handed out. also on the program for a chief executive to chief suspect u.s. prosecutors charge books bargains former boss for his part in the company's also occasion of the mission's data they say he knew about the cheating. and

a special report from cameroon an eruption of violence as english speaking parts of the country seek to break away from the central government. and to morrow marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of karl marx he's one of the most influential and divisive thinkers in modern history we asked people here in berlin what they think of the founder of communist. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program. we begin with breaking news the swedish academy is now study it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year and it says it will instead award two prizes in twenty nineteen the institution is in crisis over its handling of sexual assault allegations against the husband of one of its members the scandal has seen

a string of board members leave in recent weeks. well for more let's bring in d.w. cultural correspondent jefferson chasey joins us for a parliamentary studios jefferson the decision not to award the nobel prize for literature has now been made what does this mean for the swedish academy and its reputation well terry of course it's it's extraordinarily bad news for the academy i mean the the nobel prize for literature is really one of these great symbols of a steer serious respectable. world culture and of course for them to be caught up in a sex scandal that's sort of reminiscent of the ones in the states with charlie rose of bill cosby is an absolute absolute catastrophe the acting head of the organization is talking about severe damage and cultural critics in sweden are already calling this news absolutely devastating this is the first time they would

hasn't been given since one thousand nine hundred forty nine and back then it was because they couldn't find any books that were good enough so this does not this is not what you think of normally when you think of the nobel prize for literature ok it's a shocking decision for a man and then can you tell us more about how this decision came about. well i mean things came to a head when the female head of the swedish academy resigned basically saying that that the organisation was corrupt that there had been an ongoing sex scandal that had been transpiring over twenty years it involved the husband of a female poet who's a member of the academy the head then quit said she wasn't going to head the organisation under those conditions the poet has also quit what you need to know there is of course that members of the academy are appointed for life they usually don't quit so this basically force the academy's hand and they had to postpone the

award i was just reading that six of the academy's eighteen members have no resigned how is the academy going to deal with this scandal well of course what they're doing right now is they're saying they're going to conduct a conduct a thorough internal examination of what happened that's of course what all organisations do when they hit by sex scandals so we'll have to wait and see how that pans out but it could also have broader ramifications and it's gone so far that even the king of sweden himself says he may intervene personally so obviously they're going to have to have a clean out of their membership they have to get to the bottom of what happened and why it was allowed to go on for so long and then maybe maybe they can proceed and award two prizes for literature next year they have done that in the past jefferson thank you very much t w cultural correspondent court cultural correspondent

jefferson j.s there thanks. now it's the scandal that just refuses to go away another twist in the diesel gates saga again that's right terry u.s. prosecutors have charged folksongs former boss martin venter called for his part in these are gates they say he conspired to mislead regulators and violated the u.s. clean air act a federal grand jury in michigan in die the entire call as part of a probe into the scandal which has plagued the company for nearly three years now. the former c.e.o. of one of germany's best known and most successful companies could now face prison time as much as twenty five years. u.s. authorities have charged intercon with conspiring with other senior v.w. executives and employees to defraud the united states and v.w. customers he's also been charged with violating the clean air act and was committing wire fraud in connection with the scheme. w.'s wall street correspondent

. said the court's indictment was unprecedented i'm working on wall street for about twenty years and i've never seen it that the c o r former c.e.o. of a company the size of wagner has faced a similar charges that said it is not unusual that u.s. prosecutors start lol and then work their way up the rings last year to former managers have been sentenced to prison terms here in the u.s. and probably they have helped to form their case against martin going to court. in september two thousand and fifteen u.s. regulators revealed their suspicions that software invented in v.w. diesel cars meant they could detect when an emissions test was being done the programming would then lower the cars emissions to meet the clean air standards winterkorn resigned as chief executive shortly afterwards saying he had been

unaware of any wrongdoing but the indictment says venter corn was briefed on the issue at a meeting at the company's vosburgh headquarters in july during that meeting engine development employees described how v.w. was deceiving u.s. regulators including precisely what information had been disclosed and what had not yet been disclosed they also spelled out the potential consequences of being caught . let's bring in our financial correspondent only boss and frank is anyone really surprised about that way you will. you know. since the beginning of the scandal i haven't talked to anyone who didn't claim that. the knowledge of the scandal must have gone all the way to the top perhaps even the instigation came from there is speculation you know you have to presume martin venter core an innocent until proven guilty by a court until a verdict is there until proof is there but you know nobody can imagine that within

the corporate culture of volkswagen where there was a fear culture that anybody had a lower level would do something as potentially damaging is this the people the engineers and people in the united states working with the authorities must have known that it was potentially damaging without the top people knowing about it and giving their ok for it because otherwise these people would be gone there was a fire of there was a culture of quick firing even much inventor was supposed to go according to fed and ph just shortly before the diesel scandal hit vinter khan survived that for a few months and then the diesel scandal came you know not a surprise to people here. you talk to a corporate culture that is new c.e.o. have a decent said yesterday at the shareholders meeting that b.w. must become a more open and a more honest company and what does that say about the w.'s cope of culture up to now. i think he's addressing mainly diesel gates where there was a secret culture and i think cavities that there were people below the level of the

top management to were doing wrong things and he would like things like that reported to the top but if you look back in history beginning with the fed and ph when he took over as c.e.o. in the early ninety's there was the lopez scandal espionage charges that not so lopez took tons of secrets with them to wolfsburg and wellsburg denied that and then it will spread all so paid prostitutes for a workers' councils reps in order to bribe them to make more favorable agreements there's a lot of. scandal and not company. time for thank you very much. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today are limited results from local elections in the u.k. suggested british prime minister theresa may has been spared the white house some had predicted the conservative party has lost control of some key councils but

managed to gain ground in bragg's at supporting regions the vote was the first test of public opinion since last year's general election. authorities in the us state of hawaii have issued evacuation orders after eruptions from the killer way it all came. towards several residential areas eruption on the big island comes after a series earthquakes in recent days some ten thousand residents have been told to move to safety. and social media site twitter has urged its more than three hundred million users to change their passwords the company says it recently had caused some passwords to be stored in plain text rather than being in it it says there was no indication that the words have been mis used and that it's advice was purely precautionary. west african country of cameroon is currently in the grip of a bind that secession is crisis that threatens to become

a full blown revolt insurgence in the west of the country have killed carried out a series of attacks on security forces after the government crackdown on peaceful protests the conflict is centered on the english speaking area of western cameroon highlighted here in yellow the country has created was created from two former colonies one french one british many english speakers claim they've been marginalized by the francophone community they want greater autonomy and protection for their english school and court systems our west africa correspondent adrian creech reports. that. is over ninety years old there was a lot she can't remember anymore but she'll never forget one day last year. the pain is a constant reminder. that i'm doing the learned through someone knocked on the door i said his that and a vindictive bitch it was the police and they hit me right in the face in the look

on the bush. that was blood everywhere i just didn't stop bleeding. heart. thousands of people in their hometown were taking part in peaceful protests at the time they feel let down somewhere calling for their own state to be called amazonia government troops responded with while lens. was one of the victims there's growing unrest in the region and some of the protestors have since joined pro independence groups but no one wants to speak about it openly. they went to the bush because they are fighting for their rights what they are asking for is something they deserve if the government can grant what they are asking for it will be better for all of us southern cameroonians then we won't be neglected the way the government has been neglecting us. we need

a well connected independence activist who wants to remain anonymous there are six rebel groups in the forests fighting against government troops he shows us their training videos. paul be president for the last thirty five years has sold ignored the protests he says that's why the conflict is now escalating. it is the only option because the people believe that it is through these means that they can force the president into dialogue what ambers own ians are doing now is simply defending themselves they did not start the file and. as. almost every week separatists launch deadly attacks on government officials they accuse of betrayal the bishop of war it many see the church as a possible mediator in the crisis. but in this circumstance this is a very difficult because.

they have really not been open to that because they give conditions for talking to get out of the problem and we think if we are going to die and location means. talking to. that person must be the same with him. the government refuses to speak with the separatists despite several requests we are not given an interview with the government representatives. presidential elections in cameroon are schedules to be holds in october this year but many people in the anglo phone region in particular those in rural areas i wondering how this will be possible this happily any indication that the situation will be improving in the next month i think about what it all the same. hopes that peace will return to the region at her age she says she should not have to be afraid of the police and especially not in her own home. increase their

reporting from western cameroon for months president trial denied it and the white house backed him up now a surprise revelation by trump's attorney rudy giuliani that the president was involved in a hush payment to porn stars stormy daniels is raising new legal questions and a crisis of credibility for the trumpet ministration. another day of presidential duties overshadowed by the scandal around porn star stormy daniels and tara let's to faff with donald trump for legal aid rudy giuliani made an unexpected disclosure about a payment of one hundred thirty thousand dollars to daniels and just where it came from that money was not campaign money sorry i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know it's not campaign money no campaign finance violation so they follow that through law for follow through or for the president.

that contradicting trump's initial denial that team knew anything about the payment . you know. thursday however trump confirmed on twitter that the money was reimbursed to his personal lawyer he wants more tonight be a fact saying such agreements were very common among celebrities and people of wealth in a white house briefing on thursday spokeswoman sarah saunders said trump didn't initially know about the payment to stormy daniels and i only find out about it to . where this saturday marks the two hundredth birthday of perhaps the most influential and divisive economic thinker in modern history get hot it well it's not me. it's this man that you will see in just a second or so i hope of behind me yes that's col box he argued that capitalism

would only make the rich rich and the poor poor that was two hundred years ago but it sounds familiar doesn't it that's why today some view him as a visionary others reviled him for inspiring tarion communist regimes that killed millions all reports on the softballs hit the streets of berlin to find out what people here think. marx's ideas sparked revolutions those ideas originated here in berlin and they continue to resonate in the city. in eight hundred thirty six the eighteen year old car marks came to study at berlin's humboldt university. he started studying law but soon found he was far more interested in philosophy and history a quote in the entrance hall of the university tribute to its former student. marks wrote the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways the point however is to change it mocks didn't just want to theorize about the state of

the world he wanted to do something about it he wanted to shake things up. was the tone of the industrial age and while in berlin marx witnessed the plight of poor workers. it was their cause that marx took up his theories of eliminating social injustice by empowering workers started revolutions and change the map of the world. his ideology was the basis for modern communism and socialism the defining philosophies of the cold war which ended up dividing the world and this city. in former east berlin a launching of a new still bears marx's name the boulevard was built as a propaganda project by the socialist regime by the workers for the workers. the last military parade to celebrate the achievements of the self-styled workers

and peasants state was held here just a month before the berlin wall fell. but what does maag still mean to people here that the w.b. had a kind of different idea of how society should work. it all off was he wrote a lot of. good stuff capital for example which is still valid today. reading the communist manifesto but you've got to have quite a bit of concentration for them do you know this man. he was a great thinker in this time of course unfortunately things didn't quite turn out the way he predicted. book definitely with. things that are really just as worthy of discussion today. especially now considering the split in society between rich and poor. communism as a political system in germany might have fallen with it. but for some of the people

here it is. of the relevance. marxism of communism classical cases of seemed like a good idea at the time. very often the case theories rarely survive contact with the real world communism can count as a seventy year terms to make reality fit the theory of these economically speaking let's bring in your culinary from a business. experience communism first hand when you grew up in east germany until the wall came down so what was communism like well when you lived in eastern europe you experienced all the flaws of communism communism means that you have no right to own property let's say you own land or a company or even a little tiny corner shop the government took it away from you and of you as a no no as a neighbor spoke up against against this redistribution you were called

a counter-revolutionary and you could end up in prison all the companies belong to the government and everybody was supposed to be equal so everybody got pretty much equal pay even if you were lazy you got as much as someone who was hard working let's say you had a brilliant idea which helped the company a great deal all you got was a pat on the shoulder on maybe. bonus at the end of the year so that was it and meanwhile we germans saw how west germany was benefiting from all of its liberties democracy the right to own property all of their cars were better than our cars which you see here in the background for instance the hobby lobby the famous travis so we saw how creativity pays off in a free market society. how did you experience the person called mox in east germany what was taught about him what did you hear about him in the media i was a senior in high school when the wall came down and up until that point each and every year we studied mox desk each and every year according to his beliefs

history is like a wheel it always goes for what it goes from a feudal system on to capitalism then on to socialism and eventually to communism if you will set something against if you believe that some of the things in the societies where better you are called a counter-revolutionary and you could not go on from high school to university your career options very very limited if you ostracized basically your very brief you do you know people whose property was actually taken away from them yes the family for instance their pianos a famous all around the world the beatles for instance recorded let it be on the piano one of their pianos is also in sydney's opera house for instance the government took away the business from the family but kept them on board not his own us but his men adjusts so they got paid by the government the monthly salary.

because they wanted to maintain their know how and all the also their customers base all around the world who paid in u.s. dollars which was very valuable to the. government back then eventually when the wall came down the balloons were able to get their property back you're clearly and thank you very much for sharing your personal experience with us. and here's a story that goes straight to the heart of marxism what would you do if on your way to work one day you saw piles of banknotes all along the roadside would you give it back to the ride full oh no would you just keep going while pull of a pick them up and share them with your fellow citizens commuters in indianapolis face that exact scenario on wednesday on the interstate highway the doors of an homage brinks truck suddenly flew open for probably hundreds of thousands of dollars into the drivers pulled over eager to grab the cash but it's not as fairytale as it might sound state police say all those pockets of the nodes will be found and shabd was that.

it was an exciting week of european soccer came to an end last week with the europa league semifinals that's right very exciting week indeed the two european heavyweights atletico madrid and arsenal went head to head for a place in the final following a one all draw last week a first half goal from diego costa was enough to win the tied to one on aggregate for madrid who would bents to their third final in eight seasons to defeat ended any chance of arsenal manager are sending a winning silverware in his final season their claws. in the other seventy finals of sport hosted marsay who had won the first leg to nil salzburg forced the time into extra time with two second half goals putting the aggregate score at two all in the one hundred sixteenth minute marsay scored from a wrongly awarded corner the goal stood seize the french side progress into the

final against madrid which will be played in the all. now a remarkable sign of thawing relations between north and south korea teams from the north and south were due to face off at the world table tennis championships and stead sweden what transpired instead was something very special. every five they will count as two separate korean teams each vying for a place in the world championship semifinals this is a special time for north south relations and after the posts for pace from that leaders last week it was time for politics to meet ping pong very very big. there are three. three. three. you can decide to do very little italy you. know.

i think i i think you. know you. think of a historic moments in paps a first in the history of international sports i mean tournament's much after. which i wondered if we could make a joint team and whether i could join the team now it has really happened and i feel very proud that i did not want to go. to that because it's a great honor at the time i can be part of the joint team which will become part of history that all thanks ornaments organizes heralded the move even if it wasn't quite in keeping with the rulebook we installed all the teams and they agree it's so if they go another korea we will not do it. so we we all feel i think very happy that we have a small sawing in the for also reunion of korea keeps all of korea balls countries

. two fingers for peace pacts even a v. for victory in one nine hundred ninety one a unified korean team played in this tournament from the stumps and they won it shocking defending champions china in the final history is a mess i. just reminder the top story we're following for you today the swedish academy has announced that it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year after a series of sex abuse and fine if scandal it says it will instead award two prizes in twenty nine t. . so years from now we have more for you at the top of the next hour thanks for being with us. cooper.

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