this is deja vu news 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 is the first time in decades the annual prize will not be handed out also coming up u.s. prosecutors charged both slackens former boss for his part in the company's falsified cation of emissions data they say he knew about the cheating. tomorrow marks a two hundredth anniversary of karl marx's birth he's one the most divisive thinkers in modern history we asked people here in berlin what they make of the founder of

communist. i'm sorry so much got that good to have you with us the swedish academy has announced that it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year it says it will instead award two prizes in two thousand and 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 the prize has for over one hundred years crowned what many view was the world's best writers but it is not always been free of controversy. the nobel prize in literature an award to quote denote the most outstanding work in an outstanding direction that conferred the greatest good on mankind that was alfred nobel's wish when he founded the award one hundred seventeen years ago over the past century the war has been given to people

as diverse as thomas mann ernest hemingway and winston churchill for their contributions to world literature but it's more than just a celebration of the world's literary canon the noble prize has often helped more obscure authors find wide readership. and the swedish academy that oversees the prize has been accused of taking political positions as well as i like with their selection of said london alexi of each the russian journalist is a prominent critic of russian president vladimir putin and was selected for a nonfiction works dealing with the collapse of the soviet union. decision to award the prize to bob dylan in twenty sixteen for his lyrical work caused controversy especially when the american singer songwriter seemed to ignore it for weeks afterward when it had to be a member reportedly called him rude and arrogant while the noble prize for literature has had its detractors throughout its history it still remains the most visible and rolled and literary prize in the world. and we have current helps that

from v.w. culture with us following this story hi karen hi so why are we seeing this decision now ok so this whole mess is obviously surrounding the photographer and cultural figure actually john no no he is mentioned the husband of qatar. who is an academy member and poet and there are several reasons that's why this is happening because there are several things that he's a civil accusations against him first and foremost obviously multiple allegations of sexual misconduct over a very long period from about ninety six to two thousand and seventeen and apparently he has even groped a behind of the swedish crown prince so that's the biggest one corruption also comes into it because his wife lost and son was also involved in funneling and funding monies into his very own cultural institution so there's a definite conflict of interest there and thirdly that he repeatedly broke century

old academy rules by actually leaking the names of nobel prize winners most recently the name of bob dylan back in two thousand and sixteen so he is denying all of these allegations which started coming out last fall and at that time already three academy members stepped down in protest over the fact that the academy was not prepared to expel for once and i mean well they've been months of inviting very unpleasant further resignations and the academy has eighteen members they're appointed for life and when they step down with this they actually leave an empty chair so they need twelve members to make a valid decision there. now left with only ten and so they've said that literally because of this diminished academy and of course the lack of public confidence that they've decided to have to sit a year out and out of respect for the laureates as well is certainly a black eye for the academy what does that do to its reputation it's absolutely devastating i mean if you think that we've really held this institution up for years as sort of a pinnacle of. of goodness globally respected academy was

founded two hundred thirty years ago by the swedish king called stuff the third at the time it's had a stellar reputation ever since the prize has gone to the world's greatest writers and interesting lay it has been cancelled before but mostly for wartime reasons and it has also not been awarded in the sense that it has been put on reserve that's also happened in number of times for they felt that the writers just simply weren't meeting the criteria that there wasn't really a valid to recipient in that in those years what do you think the wider implications are going to be of this decision well it's really interesting that as i said the swedish allegations came out last fall that was in november when the me too movement was really gathering momentum and i think what we're seeing here is we're having we're seeing need to have a real effect on some of the world's major institutions and we just have to look across the pond at what happened yesterday in the u.s. economy of motion picture arts and sciences expels actor bill cosby and director

roman polanski from their ranks that was a decision that was a long time coming cosby of course recently convicted for sexual assault and could face up to thirty years in prison and polanski as we know has been wanted for decades in the u.s. for statutory rape so. i think we're sure to see more of this kind of thing i think there's a definitely a new acceptance of women bringing their stories forward and obviously incredible public pressure when these things come out to not. to people as this kind of predatory behavior and abuse of power so certainly more heads are going to roll. it's a story that's going to continue no falling yes all right karen holmes there from d.w. culture thank you very much for your analysis. now some other stories making headlines around the world an erupting volcano in the u.s. state of hawaii has prompted authorities to order over a thousand residents to leave their homes officials say lava from the killer way

a volcano poured out of a crack in a road and began moving towards residential areas the eruption volves a series of earthquakes in recent days. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has apologized for remarks he made on the holocaust earlier this week in a statement today he condemned anti-semitism and called the holocaust holocaust quote the most wretched crime in history he faced widespread condemnation after suggesting in a speech that the persecution of european jews was down to their own conduct preliminary results from local elections in the u.k. suggest british prime minister theresa may has been spared the wipe wipe out that some have predicted the conservative party has lost control of some key councils but managed to gain ground in bragg's that supporting regions vote was the first test of public opinion since last year's general election now it's a scandal that just refuses to go away another twist in the diesel gate saga garrets that's why soon u.s. prosecutors have charged former boss moss inventor call for his part in the diesel

gate scandal they say he conspired to mislead regulators and violate the us clean air act federal grand jury in michigan than dion's had been to call as part of a probe into the scandal which has plagued the company for nearly three years. couldn't have come at a worse time for folks bogen the announcement that its former c.e.o. martin venter cohen was indicted by u.s. authorities it came soon after v.w. shareholders meeting where its new c.e.o. all spoke about regaining confidence. most volkswagen must become more honest more open more truthful so that we don't make ourselves more vulnerable again. model. is still vulnerable the indictment of ventre core now has many asking whether the carmaker has done enough to investigate its senior executives according to u.s.

authorities in two thousand and fourteen the former c.e.o. was informed v.w. cars produced lower emissions during tests than they did on roads. but it is unlikely event of corn will face charges in u.s. courts germany doesn't extradite its citizens to nine countries still the former c.e.o. could be implicated in ongoing diesel gate investigations in his home country german prosecutors are looking into the involvement of view senior management in diesel emissions cheating and there are lawsuits pending from both shareholders and consumers so what did you know and how much in fines for that's of course a question you can answer boss is anyone over there where you are really surprised about that development. no i think from day one when this became public knowledge the v.w. had cheated on diesel emissions people said it can't be any other way than that top

management had signed off on this perhaps where even the instigators now that's not proven the indictment says it has proof but of course there has to be a verdict first much inventor caught on and others that are charged are presumed innocent until guilty that's a rule but certainly everyone i've talked to here can't believe the claims of innocence and have no knowledge of just having found out briefly before the company then finally admitted to it in september of two thousand and fifteen volkswagen was too much of a top down culture. there but there were drastic consequences for personnel for staff even high level people who didn't perform and it's almost unthinkable that people wouldn't inform top brass of any move like this for fear of being fired from a lucrative job. only new v.w. c.e.o. i have a decent said yesterday at the shareholders meeting that b.w.

must become more open and more honest what does that say about corporate culture up to now. that this is been a close witness to that culture he's seen volkswagen has operated and i think it means a lot these words coming from his mouth now and he has now the opportunity to prove that he will bring to light who did what wrong public in the shareholders and the employees are waiting for that but volkswagen has a history of scandals that was just realized in our scandal right when fed and ph took office the c.e.o. the company bribed workers council reps among others with paying for prostitutes for them and now this some say it's the pincers particular bowsprit culture with families the shareholders and also the state of lower saxony and there were. there's reps with great influence yeah some culture. we bought some fine thank you very much. that's all your business and all of more business

news in a few moments but first it's back to serve me thank you again have the turkey is gearing up for presidential and parliamentary elections only weeks away the vote could set the country's political course for years to come let's take a closer look now incumbent president ratchet tie a pair to one of the islamic rooted a.k.p. cold for snap elections for june twenty fourth that's more than sixteen months ahead of schedule now everyone is looking to extend his power by creating more powerful executive presidency well his most serious challenger for the presidency is this woman. she's a former interior minister and leader of the recently formed nationalist yhe party then there is a seller had to demo touch of the pro kurdish opposition party h t p he will be campaigning from behind bars he is currently on trial on terrorism charges and turkey's biggest opposition party the secular republican people's party or c.h.p.

has just revealed its candidate the senior lawmaker who had an engine now this election takes place during a state of emergency that's been played in place in turkey since a failed coup attempt against everyone's government in july of two thousand and sixteen since then the country has seen the dismissals or arrests of more than one hundred sixty thousand government employees especially in the education and justice systems and the military they're accused of backing exiled clerics fit to look good and who everyone says masterminded the coup attempt more of the story now with our correspondent yulia han who's standing by in istanbul hialeah good to see you now that we have the main candidates do you think we're going to see one of the opposition candidates emerge as a leader and do you think the opposition can unite against heir to one. well that's the big question now they were not able to come up with a joint strong candidate to run against a president out on instead all the opposition parties presented their own

candidates as of today we know that more an engine is running for the largest opposition possy the c.h.p. he gave a fierce speech an encore of that got many people excited he's known for his wrist and his passionate way of talking and that's definitely something a politician here in turkey needs in order to challenge mr avlon who is still overwhelmingly popular with his own conservative base so the hope of the opposition right now is that they can prevent miss to ad run from getting the necessary fifty percent of votes on june twenty fourth and then force him into a second round of voting you also mentioned turks will vote for palm and exactly on the same day and for this election we already know that four position parties have formed an alliance in order to dilute the majority of mr outlands ruling party and that could indeed pose a serious challenge uli remind us again why our to one has called us elections so far ahead of schedule. well first of all only off to these

elections turkey will make the transition to a full presidential system and if the reelected mr altgens will sortie and power has really reached a completely new level but why did he call for elections achieve such an early stage first the military intervention turkey's military intervention in the us and syria which aired on pools of fight against terrorism in order to make turkey safe again that appeals to his conservative voters but also to nationalist voters so he things right now his popularity ratings are good secondly the economy the economy has always been a part of his political success story but right now it's not going well with the economy the turkish lira is on a roller coaster ride since months inflation is high and many people tell us that they're unhappy so analysts say that arab on called for early elections because of the deteriorating economy because he sings next year the situation could even be worse and you how do you think that the state of emergency is likely to affect the

selection. well the state of emergency in turkey effectively means that any go the ring be it a protest or an election campaign event can be banned by the authorities or to solve by police people may be detained so i think it's safe to say that this situation is of course affecting election campaigning a lot and one fact that shows it very clearly in what kind of situation turkey is in right now is the fact that one of the presidential candidates. is actually attempting to run from behind bars if the high electoral commission lets him do that he was arrested after the coup attempt and now faces more than one hundred forty years in jail for terrorism charges still he's going to be or might be a candidate in these elections rights groups also criticize limitations of severe limitations of media freedom and freedom of press freedom of expression so i think

it's safe to say that these elections are going to be anything but ordinary right to have his yulia han as a turkey gears up for presidential and parliamentary elections in just a few weeks thank you yulia now a saturday marks the two hundredth birthday of perhaps the most divisive political and economic thinkers of modern history you know that's right and of course we're talking about this man. behind me any second there is karl marx he argued that capitalism would only make the rich richer and the poor poorer that sound familiar that's why today some view him as a visionary others revile him for inspiring or through the. communist regimes that killed millions our reporter on national hit the streets of berlin to find out what people here think. marx's ideas spot 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 university. he started studying law but soon found he was far more interested in philosophy and history quote in the entrance hall of the university if his 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. it 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 changed 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 along avenues 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 that it all off was he wrote a lot of good stuff. of capital for example which is still valid today. reading the communist manifesto but you've got to have quite a bit of concentration for the 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 their relevance. marxism and communism facet of cases of seemed like a good idea at the time. very often the case here is rarely survive contact with the real world communism as a seventy year long tend to make reality fit a theory at least economically speaking that's bringing yorkhill in it from

a business. experience communism firsthand when you grew up in east germany until the wall came down so what was communism like 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 a 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 of this hobby lobby the famous trabi so we saw how creativity pays off in a free market societies. 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 mocks. each and every year according to his beliefs history is like a wheel it always goes for what it goes from the 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 briefly do

you know people whose property was actually taken away from them yes the blue 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 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 a monthly salary. because they wanted to maintain their know how and although also their customer 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 blueness were able to get their property back you're hearing and thank you very much for sharing your personal experience with us. and from karl marx to this man here who represents the opposite side of the struggle between communism and capitalism star investor warren buffett of course and he just gave

tech giant apple a massive vote of confidence his company berkshire hathaway has been buying seventy five million apple shares the first quarter of twenty eighteen alone that's more than thirteen billion dollars worth of current prices increasing its stake by almost fifty percent buffett called apple an unbelievable company one of the most profitable companies in the u.s. buffett has bought more apple stock than any other investor in the past. and here's a question that could come right out of a marxist textbook what would you do if on your way to work one day you saw piles of banknotes all along the roadside would you pull over pick them up and give them back the rightful owner keep it for yourself or share the money freely with your fellow citizens well commuters in the u.s. city of indianapolis face that exact scenario on wednesday on the interstate highway the doors of an armored brinks truck suddenly flew open propelling hundreds

of thousands of dollars into the air drivers pulled over eager to grab the cash but it's not as fairytale as it might sound state police say all those who pocketed the notes to keep them will be found and charged with theft. when the world com us will say to that that's all your business for now ben facility will have an update in one hour. the world cup in russia is just around the corner and locals are finding new ways to enjoy the beautiful game football of those iest in cullinan grat have come up with something called atomic football take a look. all you need are fourteen players fourteen balls and two teams how to un easy be the first team to score fourteen goals with the added challenge of playing in tradition over lanky boots and your flap hats. i think the uniform

represents our national identity it's not easy to play football it felt boots but we see the game was very successful i think it's very interesting and fun to watch while some locals are enjoying football by the seaside kaliningrad stadium is still under construction and despite being one of the smallest arenas ever use that a world cup seating only thirty five thousand will be hosting big football nations such as spain england and belgium fans are buzzing. there are three prizes and this is a great football experience there's a positive and good mood people are happy and content this is cool at the class cool might not be the right word to describe your flat hats but they're fun and with six weeks ago before kick off we might have already found the next from us. all right we just have time now for a recap of our top stories at this hour the swedish academy has announced that it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year after a series of sex abuse and finance scandals it says it will instead award two prizes

in two thousand and nineteen and prosecutors in the u.s. have charged the former c.e.o. of volkswagen mocked inventor for his part in the company's falsified cation off a mission that prosecutors say he was aware the company was cheating on diesel emissions tests and was complicit in the scam. thank you for watching good of you news don't forget to follow us on twitter our handle there after the union will be back at the top of the hour.

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