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 needs to regain public trust it's the first time in decades the annual prize will not be handed out and also coming up could this woman be chirpy said next president medal action if you emerges as the main challenger in next month's election but she faces a tough battle to unseat president regift. and from chief executive to chief suspect u.s.

prosecutors charge former a volkswagen boss mocking inventor corn for his part in the company's false but cation of the missions down they say he knew about the cheating and went along with the scam. good to have you with us the swedish academy has said 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 a sinister and a board members leave in recent weeks the prize has for over one hundred years crowned what many of us the world's best writers but it has not always been free of controversy. nobel prize in literature in 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 it has been given to people as diverse as thomas mann ernst 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 nobel prizes often help more obscure authors who find wider readership. and this region cademy that overseas the prize has also been accused of taking political positions as well like with the selection of which russian journalist is a prominent critic of russian president vladimir putin and was selected for nonfiction works do not the collapse of the soviet union. the decision to award the prize to bob dylan twenty sixteen for his lyrical work caused controversy especially when the american singer songwriter seemed to ignore it for weeks afterward one member of the academy reportedly called him rude and arrogant. while the nobel prize for literature has had its detractors throughout its history it's

still remains the most visible and relevant literary prize in the world. and we have karen helps that from v.w. culture with us following the 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 no no he is as mentioned the husband of cutting a foster son who's an academy number poet and there are several reasons that's why this is happening because there are several things that he's several 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 austin 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 foster said i mean well there's been months of infighting very unpleasant further resignations and the academy has eighteen members they're appointed for life and when they step down like this they actually leave an empty chair so they need twelve members to make a valid decision they're 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 certainly a black eye for the academy what does that do to its reputation that it's

absolutely devastating i mean if you think that we've really held this institution up for years as a sort of a pinnacle of. of goodness globally respected academy was founded two hundred thirty years ago by the swedish king college with stuff the third at the time it's had a stellar reputation ever since prize has gone to the world's greatest writers and interestingly 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 where 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 us economy of motion picture arts and sciences expels actor bill cosby and director roman polanski from their ranks that was a long 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 us for statutory rape so. i think what 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 certainly more heads are going to roll. it's a story that's just going to continue yes you know all right karen holmes there from d.w. culture thank you very much for your analysis. not some other stories making news 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 whale volcano poured out of a crack in a road and began moving towards president in a statement today he condemned anti-semitism and called the 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 partial results from local elections in the u.k. suggesting british prime minister theresa may has been spared the white house some had predicted her conservative party has lost control of some key councils but managed to gain ground and break that supporting regions the vote was the first test of public opinion since last year's general election. and the new u.s. ambassador to germany richard grinnell has been sworn into office the post had been vacant for more than a year ago now as one of trump's most prominent gay appointees his confirmation had been delayed by democrats opposed to his conservative positions that allegedly derogatory comments about women. now 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 with company president edge of hereford one of the islamic rooted a.k.p. called for snap elections for june twenty fourth that's sixteen months ahead of schedule now everyone is a looking to extend his power by creating a more powerful executive presidency now his most serious challenger for the presidency is metal action and right here in the she's a former interior minister and leader of the recently formed nationalist party so hot in denver touch of a pro kurdish opposition party the h g p 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 a senior lawmaker here motm engine now this election takes place during

a state of emergency that's been in place in turkey since a failed coup attempt against government to july 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 fatou the goodman who everyone says masterminded the coup attempt. more on this 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 pasi the c.h.p. he gave a fierce speech and that got many people excited he's known for his restore excuse

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 my disk and wire 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 reelected mr altgens 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 within syria which aired on pools a 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 these things 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 saul's 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 very clearly in what kind of situation turkey is in right now is the fact that one of the presidential candidates. has 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 a more than one hundred forty years in jail over 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 why did his yulia han as a turkey gears up for presidential and parliamentary elections in just

a few weeks thank you yulia now the world cup soccer tournament in russia is just around the corner and locals are finding new ways to enjoy the beautiful game football and the assists in 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 traditional boots and your flap hats. i think the uniform represents on 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 because that recognition that this is a great football experience there's a positive and good mood people are happy and content this is cool at the cost 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 lucilla's. you're watching d.w. coming up u.s. authorities have filed criminal charges against former volkswagen boss martin venter kwan will have more on that number meant but for now a little something for star wars fans need a fourth be with you. international

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