thanks indeed abuse live from berlin that the nobel literature prize will not be awarded this year tarnished by sex abuse and finance scandals the swedish academy says the decision aims to regain the public trust it's the first time in decades the annual prize will not be handed out also coming up u.s. prosecutors charge former bokes wacking boss martin been took on for his part in the company's falso cation of emissions data they say she knew about the cheating and went along with the scam. could this woman be turkey's next president and that

option it emerges as the main challenger in next month's election but she faces a tough battle to unseat president marijuana. also coming up when mother nature let's toss genius better watch out hundreds of people on hawaii's big island evacuated their homes after the killer way of volcanoes comes to life on a ship and lava have breached a residential area. and tomorrow marks the two hundredth anniversary of karl marx's birthday he's one the most divisive thinkers in modern history we asked people here berlin what they named the founder of communism. i'm sorry so much got a good to have you with us the swedish academy has announced that it will not award the nobel prize for literature this year the institution is in crisis over its handling of sexual assault allegations against the husband of one of its lead.

members of a scandal has seen a string of board members leave in recent weeks the prices crown the world's best writers for more than one hundred years but will be absent from the literary calendar until two thousand and nineteen. it's not unprecedented but it is rare the swedish academy has postponed the twenty eighteen nobel prize for literature. we have decided not to watch the prize this year and we did that after a long discussion. but we reached the conclusion that the confidence of the academy is so low in the world of the moment. the deciding reason why we know refrain from awarding the product. the body was plunged into crisis last november when a swedish newspaper published testimonies against this man. he's married to swedish academy member catarina frost and sun the jeweler will significant influence in sweden's art world eighteen women accused of sexual misconduct the accusations

include an incident in which he allegedly touched sweden's crown princess victoria in appropriately denies the claims the revelations and the handling of them so deep discord among the academy's members a wave of resignations followed including permanent secretary sorry danny arce. zero zero zero now. i'm leaving the academy it was the wish of the academy that i should leave my role as permanent secretary here that i have. the ouster of ms dani has prompted an outpouring of support regarded by many as a case example of a woman taking the fall for a man's bad behavior. into natural health says a huge scandal internationally and norms. and that were true. and then it's unbelievably symbolic when the first woman to hold the post as permanent secretary is forced out. and she tries to sort things out the more you remove. the nobel

prize postponed until twenty nine when. the laureate. karen helps that from culture is following the story for us hi karen this is such a complex scandal there are so many layers to it why are we seeing this very strong reaction now well quite frankly because the academy is just in complete disarray people have lost complete faith in it and it says that in this situation it can't make a credible decision the academy is made up on a good day of eighteen members and their elected for life so when these people step down this leaves empty chairs until they technically die so they need twelve members to be able to make a valid decision and at the moment they're working with only ten because of a diminished academy and also the lack of public confidence they've decided they need to to take a time out and also out of respect for the laureates past and future well they've

had to me has had a stellar reputation for years for its central long history let's take a look now at the institution and also some of its winners. go prize in literature in awards to quote do not the most outstanding work in an outstanding direction 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. 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 age academy that oversees the prize has also been accused of taking political positions as well like with the selection us at lunna lexy of each bill a russian journalist is a prominent critic of russian president vladimir putin and was selected for nonfiction works dealing with the collapse of the soviet union. the decision to

award the prize to bob dylan and twenty six thousand 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. well the nobel prize for literature has had its detractors roads history it still remains the most visible and roll of includes every prize in the world. and yet the scandalous cast such a shadow on the academy karan what do you think it means for its reputation it's just absolutely devastating i mean this was you know a globally respected institution it was founded over two hundred thirty years ago and has always had a stellar reputation but there are also the academy if you if you if you dig a little deeper they're also known for being sort of very straight laced very very secretive obviously and quite self-important one friend of mine in sweden actually contacted sort of said that they have to offer very much like a sect so it's devastating for sweden really as well as a as a nation

a country that we've seen that is often seen as as being particularly progressive in terms of gender equality and politics. the prize has indeed been cancelled before but it's mostly been for wartime reasons or it has been just because they haven't felt that there's somebody sort of living up to the criteria but should i should mention also it's not just going to be cancelled it will also be held in twenty one thousand there will be two awarded to me is quite seen as quite self important entrance parent in many ways now i think it needs to evolve well could that mean well you have to consider that trust has just been all or none of the water overnight they need to work very very hard at regaining that so there will be a lot of work that needs to be done some critics are very skeptical as to whether they can ever regain their credibility and reputation after after behaving this way and if they do they can only do it by with a massive overhaul of the academy rules and statutes and of course with massive

transparency so an overhaul of the rules and really really taking a hard look at their public relations and the king king have has already indicated that he would take the step of changing the rules to allow the appointment of new members what do you think the white. the implications are karen of this scandal and the decision well it's interesting that you know the initial swedish allegations came out in november just as need to in the us was gaining momentum and so i think what we're really seeing is need to having a massive effect on some of the world's major institutions if you look at what happened yesterday in the u.s. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences has finally taken the step to expel people like bill cosby and director roman polanski and you know the cannes film festival is opening next week need to well no doubt be playing a role there there's already been an announcement that some actresses of color are going to be making a stand against racism so. there is this new acceptance of women's stories and of

the need for diversity and obviously public opinion is pressure is very very high when these cases come out and there's an insistence that men who are you know exhibiting this kind of predatory behavior and power abuse be penalized and i think we're going to see this going on probably with every every large cultural event that goes on much as we've seen with the recent film. festivals and awards you know well certainly at the academy a time to regroup for that karen at homestead thank you very much for bringing us up to date on this story. so let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world india is bracing for more wild weather a day after dust and thunderstorms killed more than one hundred twenty people in five states and injured another two hundred many of the dead were sleeping when their houses collapsed after being struck by lightning gusts of wind. 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 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. so just british prime minister theresa may has been spared the wipe out some have predicted her conservative party has lost control of some key councils but managed to gain ground and breaks that supporting regional the vote was the first test of public opinion since last year's general election. the new u.s. ambassador to germany richard grinnell has been sworn into office the post had been vacant for more than a year his confirmation had been delayed by democrats opposed to its conservative positions on a legit derogatory comments about women. and social media site twitter as are just more than three hundred million users to change their passwords the company says it

recently found a bug that cost some passwords to be stored in plain text rather than encrypted it says there was no indication that passwords had been misused and that it's advice was purely precautionary. you're watching news still to come residents on hawaii's big island pack up their homes and flee after a volcano spews action and lava into residential areas. and karl marx seems one of the most divisive thinkers in modern history the revolutionary philosophers turning two hundred but how should he be remembered. by first it's the scandal that won't go away the latest in the diesel. thing. very much to me indeed we will definitely hear a lot about this in the coming months and years perhaps years prosecutors have now done what germans could have charged for its bargains former boss not even tacked on for his part in the diesel diesel gate emissions scandal they say even tae-kwon conspired to mislead regulators and violate the us clean air act

a federal grand jury indicted the former executive as part of a probe into the scandal which has haunted the company for nearly three years it couldn't have come at a worse time for volkswagen the announcement that its form i feel martin venter corn was indicted by u.s. authorities it came soon after v.w. shareholders meeting where its new c.e.o. old spoke about regaining confidence. most volkswagen must become more honest more open more truthful so that we don't make ourselves more vulnerable again. but is still vulnerable the indictment of vent a corner 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 extradited citizens to non e.q. 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 senior management in diesel emissions cheating and there are lawsuits pending from both shareholders and consumers. and our financial correspondent at the frankfurt stock exchange has been following the story for us following it for years i will say now perhaps our viewers will not understand necessarily if we see all these legal consequences why it is happening in the u.s. and not in germany. the. judicial authorities there just have so much more punch that they're packing and it's a different sort of criminal case i talked to an analyst just this afternoon and he

said that you know the kind of criminal offenses that mount inventor caught on is being accused of it's much more serious in the united states than what he could be accused of here but towards here are looking at over there it's a serious criminal act there are deaths involved the. people indicting him are saying because of violation of the clean air act and also the clean air and o x and emissions standards were much stricter than the standards that volkswagen didn't meet here in germany so the judicial authorities they are able to make a much stricter case it's part of the explanation not the whole explanation surely a lot of people here in germany would wish the german judicial authorities would act the same kind of punch that the americans do and they might eventually will see about that meanwhile the company as such has named a new c.e.o. they are talking about a new era well things really changes. you know how about these has an

uphill battle we just heard him and you will general meeting there and those are good intentions but he only has to look to the right or to the left of them i don't know where rupert stop there will be sitting during board meetings but the i'll be division chief of still there a man who has more chairman hans-peter perch who is from finance chief of the company and is accused of having informed shareholders too late so starting a new culture with people like that in your immediate surroundings with the porsche and pete and pete family still having a huge say and an interest that'll be very very difficult certainly sounds like the same old same old thank you very much for the analysis and frank. to win as well i know where the economic situation has been critical for years but until now basic services were still provided by the government now along with restricted access to groceries and medicines people have been a swell are suffering without electricity because power stations are out of order

it's triggering anger against the socialist government they have only the flicker of a single flame to cook by even candles their election we nowadays said the mendoza family use one at a time as a feeding themselves wasn't complicated enough and they can't store any fresh groceries they do manage to buy fridges run on electricity. power cuts are a regular feature of daily life here in america. and they're lasting for ever longer periods. tricity is very important in a home because of course you need the fridge food for children and conditioners. photo and it's extremely hot here. but we have to keep everything closed because there are a flies which carry diseases. that i said americans we have to close our

doors and we need electricity to make food. it's absolutely essential for us. but i will know. it's been like this for months in venezuela here at the power station in monaco only four of the twenty four turbines still operating lack of proper maintenance has left much of the facility in disrepair. on state television the minister for energy refuses to take responsibility for the nation's power cuts. he says sub attorneys have tried to bring the country's electricity supply to a halt. as part of a systematic attack you would have us would get the government refuses to publish information about the power outages and their effects but there's no getting away from the evidence on the streets in magic long lines of people wait for banks to

open but to no avail no power no cash. and on to a story where there is a lot of cash it's almost a dream come true you're driving to work and suddenly it starts literally raining money but would you give back all those notes help to collect them or take as many as you can commuters in indianapolis faced that exact dilemma on wednesday on the interstate highway the doors of an armored truck suddenly flew open propelling hundreds of thousands of dollars into the air drivers pulled over eager to graft the cash but state police say all those who pocket the cash will be found and charged with theft. i guess that was just too good to be true so we kept at it spot the split the difference with you have you have. all right on to another story now hundreds of residents on hawaii's big island have evacuated their homes after their killer way

of volcanoes burst into life and i take a look at this video behind me it's pretty spectacular as we said it shows lava flowing through a wooded area the volcano actually erupted on thursday after a series of recent earthquakes and spewed both ash and lava into residential areas . it started with multiple earthquakes then a plume of pink smoke that shocked the local residents. well. ok we just had a huge earthquake and now in the direction of. a massive. clouds of smoke coming up . after days of warning signs the killer way a volcano on hawaii's big island has erupted lava flowed into residential areas of the u.s. island igniting fires and spreading deadly gases nearly two thousand people were forced to evacuate. since it's right here behind our homes we could hear those. exploding right right for miles and so you

know there is a hole is going to still be there when we go back over there because the direction saw boiling lava flowing directly from cracks in the ground in populated areas and lasted for about two hours. a mandatory evacuation order remains in place in the affected area and geologist one that eruptions could occur again soon. germany's defense minister also left on the line says she is planning a massive restructuring of the country's military. and a draft position paper obtained by the dailies you cite all funded by and says that the armed forces should focus on national security in the past the bunch there has been oriented towards a foreign missions like peacekeeping in afghanistan the german military has been hit we simply by reports that much of its equipment is out of date or not working from the line of said she needs twelve billion euros in additional funds over the

next four years to rectify the situation. did it means political correspondent hans francia is following the story for us hi hans so what is behind this plan to scale back these overseas missions is it then the lack of funds and faulty equipment. well i think one has to say it's not a scaling dahlan of foreign minister missions it's a scaling up of the national of the domestic mission and certainly the lack of equipment all the faulty equipment has something to do with that germany for instance has several helicopters that many of them can fly at the moment for lack of spare parts the same goes for things such as trucks and tanks so there certainly is a very significant backlog in trying to get things up to speed again whatever the overseas missions where german soldiers are involved and could we actually see them withdraw all the major missions that we need to talk about here are in mali in west africa where german soldiers are engaged again in the fight against islamists in that area

then there's a major mission in afghanistan where germany's involved in the nato campaign to support the afghan government and most recently germany has started a new mission in iraq which is going to be scaled up in fact there for some time in northern iraq kurdish fighters have been trained by german soldiers and all this training mission is going to be extended to the whole of iraq that seems to indicate that there is at the moment no plan to scale back to withdraw all soldiers from these foreign missions at the same time there is obviously some very urgent need to improve the army and the army's capacity here at home that's right there is less underlined the defense minister says she wants to see the bundeswehr focus more on national security at home but is that allowed and what kind of tasks are we talking about. well obviously this does not mean that the bundeswehr will take over kind of policing duty security duties on german territory if that is in fact not

a law that is the duty of the police what we're talking about here is the more traditional role of an army to defend the territory of the country for which the army has been you know put together and that is something that has been scaled back in germany in the last decade or two because after the end of the world after the end of the cold war one had the feeling that there was not such a big threat anymore especially from the soviet union from russia this is says and his knowledge changed there is a feeling that there is more of a security issue in the east of europe from russia from ukraine the border of ukraine obviously is very tense the next ation of the crimea was a warning signal as a result of that there is a feeling that the german army needs to concentrate more again on defending german and european territory obviously in alliance with with nato partners and that a lot of money is necessary to rebuild to that for that section of the army which

in the last ten or twenty years to a large extent was ignored. reporting for us thank you hans this saturday marks the two hundredth birthday of prevacid perhaps the most divisive political and economic thinkers in modern history karl marx he argued that capitalism would only make the rich richer and the poor poorer today some view him as a visionary others revile him for inspiring authoritarian communist regimes our reporter on your shot a bullet 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 can marx 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 of paris tribute to its former student. marts wrote the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways the point however is to change it clocks 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 the 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 mark still means to people here that the w.b.c. had a kind of different idea of how society should work that all of the runs a lot of good stuff. of capital for example which is still valid today ominous i started reading the communist manifesto but you've got to have quite a bit of concentration for them do you know this man. called marx he was a great thinker in this time of course unfortunately things didn't quite turn out the way he predicted we're always going to see in boy there's a. clever man under way to book definitely good. things that are really just as

worthy of discussion today. especially now considering the split in society between rich and poor because of his use by them through. communism as a political system in germany might have poland with a ballot but for some of the people here it is none of their relevance. you're watching news still to come is turkey ready for change. emerges as a surprise a challenger to president and elections next month. a special report from cameroon and eruption of violence as english speaking parts of the country seek to break away from the central government. plus looking ahead to this weekend's bundesliga action the second to last match day of the season all that and more coming up in the next thirty minutes. to.

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trouble was your favorite scene. in the gym is about going to win that match churchill and you'll recall that the entire country champion goes through the influence looking for the last sixteen years to leap for mines on. the german screen together in one nation from the minute to chancellor o'toole from bruce wrong. the history of the germans has been shaped by great rulers. i swear always to bring my roiling politics that protects christendom and spread divine truth. all you need to see if you're going to kill the enemy. and steal your quite courageous decisions your master we have received throughout the world from god. we must keep peace.

the germans started may thirteenth or do you w. . bush go back you're watching news our top stories this hour the swedish academy says 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. old volkswagen martin vincent on for his part in the admissions scandal he's facing charges of fraud and conspiracy. now turkey is gearing up for presidential and parliamentary elections only weeks away the vote could set the country's political course a for years to come let's take a closer look now incumbent president to one of the islamic rooted a.k.p.

called for snap elections for june twenty fourth that's sixteen months ahead of schedule not everyone is looking to cement his power by creating more powerful executive presidency at a once most serious challenger for the presidency is this woman little action if she's a former interior minister and leader of the recently formed nationalist party then there is a sellout in denmark tosh of the pro kurdish opposition h t t she will be a campaign. 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 of this man here in nj well this election takes place during a state of emergency that's been in place in turkey since a failed coup attempt against government in 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 particularly where it once has 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 morgan engine is running for the largest opposition posse the c.h.p. he gave a fierce speech and that got many people excited he's known for his wrists 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 bend 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 a.k. party and that could indeed pose a serious challenge remind us again why are to one has called this election 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 wilson syria which aired on the rules 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 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 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. as a turkey gears up for presidential and parliamentary elections in just a few weeks thank you yulia now people in lebanon will be casting their ballots over the weekend of the country's first part parliamentary election in nearly a decade lebanon's political landscape is a patchwork of political and religious groups vying for power and especially influential one is hezbollah and islamist political and militant group backed by iran hezbollah forces are also fighting in syria lebanon's neighbor of their

backing the regime of president bashar assad against rebel groups supported by gulf arab states especially saudi arabia those killed in the fighting are revered as heroes back home. the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria iran funded conti's militias are revered by many shiites in lebanon. in syria they fight alongside the troops of president bashar al assad and ally of iran. has ball or under it secretary general has done us rather is not only a military organization but also an influential political force is represented in the lebanese parliament alongside other muslim and christian parties and it's part of the national unity government shiite and sunni muslims and christians are sharing power there lebanon is

a diverse country almost twenty religious communities live here as dollars involvement in the war in syria is creating tension between them it undermines lebanon's policy of not interfering in other countries all parties agreed on the policy so as not to become entangled with the region's interest groups this country of four million has taken in more than one million syrian refugees since then poverty and unemployment have risen sharply and growth has fallen to one percent down from eight percent before the syrian war in addition there are the hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled the palestinian territories decades ago lebanon is formally at war with israel beirut demands the establishment of a palestinian state and the return of refugees as conditions for a peace agreement lebanon maintains close relations with israel's main critic iran mainly through hezbollah. time and again the country has run the risk of being drawn into the regional power struggle between shiite iran and sunni saudi arabia

despite its attempts to maintain good relations with all muslim states in the region. that was the case in two thousand and seventeen when prime minister hariri a sunni supported by saudi arabia suddenly announced his resignation jim. visit to riyadh possibly under saudi pressure and according to his statement fearing assassination by hizbollah but after mediation by france hariri returned to beirut and withdrew his resignation. it's unlikely much will change in lebanon after the elections whatever the outcome of the vote parliamentary seats and key political offices will continue to be divided proportion me among religious groups that means lebanon will remain a divided country. now earlier this week we brought you the story of activists in kenya fighting for equal rights as in dozens of other african countries homosexuality is treated as a crime there punishable by up to fourteen years in jail today we bring you the

story of how dating apps are being used to target gay men and women who dare to go looking for love and the list show has been looking into that story for us liz dating apps are being used as weapons essential to go after gay and lesbian people tell us more about the story. you know that's right so we saw one of the being used as grinder which is the number one number one dating app before it gay and bisexual men so in kenya you have people using the app or tending to be gay or bisexual they look for potential partners there and once a man agrees to meet with one of those people he's beaten up and even threatened we've talked to one person who became a victim of this scheme is warning other people through of the travel website a lonely planet and this is what he wrote in post so he says i met a guy through a grinder i thought he was ok but when i got to his place i was beaten and held for six hours while they milked my credit card it was scary indeed so grindr right now

is issuing warnings and safety tips for its users in kenya for example saying don't post a picture of your face in your profile you should also meet by skype first or in a safe location and then finally if you get arrested never ever confess or admitting to anything so sue me the users of this app right now in kenya they have being very cautious. in light of this is anything being done to protect. well we have activists who are calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality in kenya but this issue does not get a lot of support among kenyans we actually talked to people on the streets of nairobi and this is what they had to say let's take a listen here i feel. good to. be.

human morals and they should not be allowed in i don't think it's ok. i think it should be talked about. something it's not something that should be ignored yeah that's that's not a good thing to be according to the leader. so you have people there saying that homosexuality is a sin that it is immoral that it is against nature and this is actually the sentiment not only among many kenyans that actually among many people across africa so it really will take a while for these views to change to me right le show for us our social media thank you very much now the west african country of cameroon is currently in the grips of a violent succession as crisis threatens to become a full blown provoked insurgents in the west of the country have carried out a series of deadly 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 on the map of the country was created from two former colonies one french one british many english speakers claimed they have been marginalized by the francophone community they want greater autonomy and protection for their english school and court systems. reports. oh one who. is over ninety years old even though one there's a lot she can't remember anymore but she'll never forget one day last year. the pain is a constant reminder. to someone knocked on the door i said is that and i even did a bit it was the police and they hit me right in the face.

there was blood everywhere i just didn't stop bleeding. thousands of people in their hometown we're taking part in peaceful protests at the time they feel let down somewhere calling for their own state to be called on by. government troops responded with while lens. was one of the victims there's growing unrest in the region and some of the protesters 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 they are six rebel groups in the forests fighting against governments troops he shows us their

training video. paul be our president for the last thirty five years has so 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 they're doing now is simply defending themselves they did not start the file and. 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 the circumstances that are very difficult because. they have really not been open to that because they give conditions for talking to get out of the problem. and.

talking to a better. person must be the same with him. the government refuses to speak with the separatists despite several requests were 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 and particularly 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. ok having us back now with a last ditch efforts to keep global trade running smoothly that's definitely

a tough call it's not going to be easy assuming the u.s. has sent a top level delegation to china to try to avoid a trade war between the world's two biggest economies of the main issue is tariffs but washington also accuses beijing of systematically infringing u.s. copyrights counterfeit coffee clothes watches sunglasses and even smartphones and other complicated took knowledge east and sell the fakes for lower prices the difference between an original and a fake is often barely noticeable for consumers the colors and the logo look real even the weight is manipulated to give the fake the right feel it's a huge problem in spite of sophisticated prevention strategies a recent survey by a german industry association revealed that almost three quarters of all german machinery producers are affected by product and brand piracy that's a lot the damage to the german economy is estimated at around seven point three billion euros and that's only per year now that's just lost revenue but the

possible damage to a brand image cannot be measured china is the worst patent abuse are and now technology is making it easier to create fakes three d. printers and gigantic loan workshops make it possible to copy not only components but the entire machine our financial correspondent in singapore linda hom has been following the talks between china and the us and earlier i asked her what exactly washington is complaining about when it comes to chinese copyright infringement. well you know there's been it's such a long problem that chinese is actually copying that you know the u.s. has actually filed a complaint with the beauty or about tech tariff and this is also they're also demanding that you know during the talks that we've seen so far that china i know reduce the trade gap by about two hundred billion dollars over the next two years and to halt subsidies for and finance manufacturing during the talks you know they particularly object to american limits on the export of high tech goods both of

billion and military applications and they contend that these you know every cations prevent seasonable potential exports and china are the other hand is complaining or protesting a u.s. bent on products from one of its telco companies that for repeatedly by gating american sanctions on iran so these are some of the things that they have actually been complaining about that you know that there's it's a very old problem that we have seen all the time that they have always been infringing copyright issues and that the u.s. possibly saying enough is enough in their thinking that compared to the. now yet they're now sitting in a negotiating table what can you expect from these talks we have tariffs on steel and aluminum of course now being a big issue between the countries can we see some outcome that is perhaps positive for both well early friday afternoon the talks have concluded apparently does not been any outcome that both officials walked away but they cleared the u.s. they didn't release a statement they just went to the airport and they've actually left. east and

there's no date they say nor do you that's being set so it looks like create tensions is already rising because there's no confusion and uncertainty is still there so we're actually looking at may perhaps talk again with want to close the presidency install. the talks and next months we'll see how that goes analyze it with you thank you very much linda hong from singapore for the analysis. and speaking of fake scientists in the u.k. have developed a technique to create real diamonds in the lab and in many cases they're even purer than natural gems but that has risk implications for one of the most important security assets for investors across the world. what is a diamond ask a scientist and don't tell you it's carbon in its purest form. ask the advertising world and they'll say it's a girl's best friend but until recently most would have agreed that the precious

jewel is something you have to dig deep to find now a lot in london is using new technology to turn that assumption on its head is actually she piecing nature i mean what with the fighting and doing it better than nature so for me that i was an emotional things that to this enormous accomplishment to grow material that their tradition has been very difficult to grow. grown diamonds are produced by ceasing methane and hydrogen to super high temperatures the result is often purer than the gems found in nature but does the difference master to those in the market for a diamond ring i suspect probably like newest off maybe it would say much better for us it's the history i think it's just the if you don't have something it's cameras as a diamond you have to have the real thing so it takes this fourteen thousand dollar machine to distinguish between natural stones and those grown in the lab.

you know you and i might not be able to tell it apart from the real thing the fact that they look the side doesn't like them the same thing on has enormous monetary value of this really an emotional value the other one is a replica replica or no last analysts believe not made gems could account for over seven percent of the global diamond market by twenty twenty. i'll go hide no you can promise diamond rings to pretty much everyone that's all for business now it's back to sue me because it's time for sports. thanks have had it is the but i think as penultimate match day on saturday we have jonathan crane from sports to talk us through it hi jonathan so let's talk about the race for the last european spots what should we be looking out for on saturday yes is it just two games of the season seems incredible doesn't it it's gone so quickly so some teams could have their dreams realized this weekend others could see that shattered in terms of the european places. probably in pole position as we

can see from the table to cement second spot a point for the now spec probably enough for them to say oh that's hopeful place and place in the champions league next season but behind them is really where it gets interesting dortmund milking good you have to say to make that seven champions league campaign in eight seasons hoffenheim that without arrow pointing upwards because they really have been on a roll they've won six of their last nine games nine deigns on beats and then sites that are going in the wrong direction they've accused in that really inconsistency in recent weeks and frank but also going in the wrong direction now they a host relegation struggle is going to hamburg respectively on saturday have to say frank since nick was confirmed as bias coach the next season they've lost three games in the business they are going to write conceding a weapon eleven goals in the process they are really having their own way while some of their inspiration there ok let's talk about the relegation nat'l what should we look for their well mathematically it could all be decided this weekend

but i do have a feeling it is going to go right down to the wine obviously hamburger the side that everyone talks about we know that we're all kinds of trouble and have been for a while mystically pretty much since the start of the season when it was started to go wrong but they'd be rivals freiburg and in recent weeks to give them some hope we can see the table that still two points adrift of sixteenth place realistically and really irrespective of how the other results you have to say they need another win in frankfurt on saturday that would be the fourth time in five games a really incredible turnaround i think it looks to be between them and wolf specter who's going to go down as a massive play and who's going to be in that play if i think looking at the table that might send you have to say probably just enough recently that probably say so how about the focus on them and us we're going to hear from the coach a christan teats he knows they still have a lot of work today. we haven't achieved anything with two points off i don't see it as the team that has anything to lose but rather as the team that

has an old to gain would also in front of the others we're behind so if the other teams slip up and we get points we can catch them out so soon. arthur how do you rate hamburg chances but i wrote them off weeks ago really changed my mind they have had an incredible few weeks i think the man you just had that christian teach deserves a lot of credit for that because he's really tighten them up tactically has been afraid to drop senior players in favor of the younger ones but i think you know that stay in the business leaders probably haven't we know a lot about this because they're the only team that have been in the burns league ever since its inception in one thousand nine hundred sixty three you think that might belong to that but it's my bones of binaural when but now it's hamburg even got a clock in the stadium counting up how long they've been in the burns they get but i'm afraid i think it's high time that was reset to zero all right so which set of fans you think's going to be the most worried on saturday rather than handbags i think going to hold kind of chaos on and off the pitch since the start really of

the winter winds of break they're attacking just not performs if anyone wanted the last day the only saving grace for them they do host cologne who already read that relegates it on the final day of the season but even if they get through that and make the relegation play off they still have that to contend with i think they are in big trouble aren't a lot to watch for this week in the penultimate match day of the biggest season on saturday jonathan crane from did any sports thank you very much and you. and we just have time for a minder of our top story at this hour the swedish academy has announced that it will not a war the nobel prize for literature this year after a series of a sex abuse and finance scandals it says along side award two prizes in two thousand and nine. and prosecutors in the us are charged the former c.e.o. of volkswagen much invent a clown for his part in the emissions scandal here is that he's facing charges of fraud and conspiracy. thank you for watching get up your seroquel we will have an

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this is g.w. news live from berlin the nobel prize for literature will not be awarded this year tarnished by sex abuse and finance scandals the swedish academy says the decision aims to regain public trust it's the first time in decades that the annual prize will not be handed out. also coming up could this abuse.