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 in swedish academy says that the decision aims to reclaim public trust it's the first time in decades that the annual prize will not be handed out. also coming up could this be the woman to challenge turkey's president morale action at emerges as the main challenger in next month's election but she faces a tough battle to unseat president brush of type marijuana. and hundreds of people

on hawaii's big island evacuated their homes after to be killed the way a volcano comes to life ash and lava have breached presidential area. i'm sorry kelly thanks so much for joining us this way to chicago to me 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 leading members the scandal has seen a string of board members leave in recent weeks the prize has crowned the world's best writers for more than one hundred years but will be absent from the literary calendar until twenty nineteen. it's mostly on precision to do but it is rare the swedish academy has postponed the twenty eight. nobel prize for literature.

we have decided not to watch the prize this year and we did that after a long and intense discussion. but we reached the conclusion that the confidence of the academy is so low in the world of the moment and that was the deciding reason why we know refrain from awarding the product or that 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 inappropriately 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.

home it's clear now for the time leaving the academy it was the wish of the academy that i should leave my role as permanent secretary here that. the ouster of ms donna 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 norms. will stand that will truly. and then it's unbelievably symbolic when the first woman to hold the post as permanent secretary is forced out when she tries to sort things out the more using it for true in the capital. the nobel prize for literature will be postponed until twenty nineteen when the academy will name the laureate. of war let's bring in karen helped start was joining us from our culture to ask following this story for us. karen i

mean this is really an unprecedented situation here a huge scandal many different layers to it is complex but why such a strong reaction now essentially sir because the academy is in total disarray and people have completely lost faith in it really very very quickly and it says that in that situation they can't make a credible decision so it can't be on a on a normal normal sit conditions would have eighteen members and they're elected for life which means that when these people step down they're leaving empty chairs until until technically they they passed away so they need twelve members to actually make a credible valid decision and they're only working the tent at the moment and so because of this diminished academy and the lack of public faith in the institution over the last month they've decided to take this time that they have a lot of work to do out of respect for the laureates certainly bad news for writers this year so talk with us a little bit more than about the reputation what this will mean for the academy i

mean the fact that they are taking this pause you think that it will help. you know i mean i think it's pretty it's pretty devastating this was a globally respected institution founded over two hundred thirty years ago has always had a stellar relation a stellar reputation but it's also been known for being very very straight laced it's very secretive highly secretive and quite self important and i spoke to a friend of mine in sweden who said that they've often sort of been behaving much like a sect but i think really for that very reason what's happening is also incredibly devastating for sweden as a country you know a country that has been seen to be really quite progressive in terms of equality and. gender equality and politics is what i'm wanting to say so the prize has been cancelled before but always because of wartime reasons and then it has been sat out a couple of times because writers haven't been up to the. criteria but otherwise

it's really interesting to see what's going to happen if they'll be able to any wider implications potentially that we could maybe predict here i think if definitely this week the swedish allegations came out in november or so that was when the me too movement in the states was actually just gaining momentum and we're really seeing the effect of me to sort of crashing down on some really major institutions we saw the decision yesterday finally from the academy of motion picture sciences to to expel members like bill cosby and roman polanski. the cannes film festival is opening next week and i mean we can put our hand in the fire that me too will definitely be a part of that event as well it'll be something that we'll probably have to follow every time we have a big cultural event and we thank you very much for following it for us karen we appreciate it. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world at least ten palestinian protesters have been shot and wounded by israeli troops

and fresh violence close to the border between gaza and israel some twenty others were treated for tear gas and whole nation about three hundred palestinians had gathered for a six week for a six week excuse me of protests they are demanding the right to return to their homes seized by israel back in one thousand forty eight and palestinian president mahmoud abbas has apologized for remarks that he made about the holocaust earlier this week he said that or rather suggested that the persecution of european jews was because of their roles as bankers and money lenders rather than their religion or race in his apology he condemned anti-semitism and called the holocaust quote the worst wretched crime in history. india is bracing for more wild weather a day after dust and thunder storms 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 or gust of wind. turkey is gearing up for presidential and parliamentary elections in just a few weeks the vote could set the country's political course for years to come the incumbent president to one of the islamic rooted a.k. party called for snap elections to be held on june twenty fourth more than sixteen months ahead of schedule now there to want is looking to extend his power by creating a more powerful executive presidency erda juan's most serious challenger for that presidency is mirelle auction now she is a former interior minister and leader of the recently formed party meantime. demo tash of the pro kurdish opposition h.t.t.p. party will be campaigning from behind bars he's 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 and it is senior lawmaker who harem n.j. for more let's bring in john who is standing by with the latest from istanbul also we just got a breakdown of the potential candidates that we have running here to any of them have a chance. well nobody honestly believes dad any of these candidates individually have a chance to beat mr alderaan in this presidential race many say it's unfortunate the opposition couldn't come up with a joint strong candidate to run against a dredge up tie of adlon instead all the parties presented their own candidates as of today we know the largest opposition party the c.h.p. is as you mentioned running with them he is known for his rhetorical skills and his passionate way of talking and that's at least a skill here in turkey that you really need if you want to compete with. so

the hope with the opposition is rather to prevent mr address from getting the necessary fifty percent of the votes that he needs to be turkey's next president the old a new president so to say that's their strategy and then force him into a second round of voting whether voters could potentially rally behind one opposition candidate at the poly a mentor a level there will be paul you mentor elections as well that day in turkey for parties have already formed an alliance with the goal to dilute the majority of the ruling party mr party and that indeed could pose a serious challenge and error to one is of course in it to win it i mean his on it many times before talk with us a little bit more about his strategy because he called the selection so far ahead of schedule why. of course he wants to transform turkey into a full presidential system the sooner the better because then only he would get more

powers and his soroti would of course increase a lot more but there are two major reasons why he called for early elections and that's what analysts say here at least first turkey's military intervention in northen syria aragon kohls it a war against terror to make turkey safe again and that's going down well with his conservative base and nationalist as well so he thinks his popularity ratings are well right now so he should call for these elections and secondly the economy the economy is not doing very well even though the economy was what made adam strong in his early ideas when he became prime minister right now the lira is on a roller coaster ride since months inflation is high many people are very unhappy so analysts say he called for early elections because he knows next year the economic situation could even be worse. in istanbul thank you three

u.s. prosecutors are doing what germans couldn't they have charged volkswagens former boss martin winterkorn for his part in a diesel get a mission scandal they say that winterkorn conspired to mislead regulators and violate the u.s. 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 folks the announcement that it's four months old martin venter cohen was indicted by u.s. authorities it came soon after the shareholders meeting where its new c.e.o. 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 venta 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 extradited citizens to 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 now we are heading to hawaii's big island where hundreds of residents have a backyard after their homes were coming in the path of the killer whale volcano this volcano bursting into fire as you can see behind me this video showing the

lava flowing through what it area a volcano erupting on thursday after a series of earthquakes have a look. 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 mafiosi big cloud of smoke coming up. after days of warning signs to kill away 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 behind our homes we could hear this loud. exploding. and so you know

you're going to still be there when we go back over there. to the eruption 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. thanks so much for watching. that. for information. the penguins they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch.