the germans started when thirteen going to dover you. this is the 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 of says that the decision aims to regain public trust it is the first time in decades that the annual prize will not be handed out also coming up two thousand people on hawaii's big island of back await their homes after its volcano comes to life ash and lava have reached residential areas and tomorrow marks the two hundredth anniversary of

karl marx since birth he is one of the most divisive to thinkers in modern history we'll ask people in berlin what they make of the founder of communism. sarah kelly welcome to the program the swedish academy has announced that it will not to 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 not unprecedented but it is rare the swedish academy has postponed the twenty eighteen nobel prize for literature.

we have decided not to water 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 that it was the deciding reason why we know refrain from awarding the products. 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 son 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.

from cairo now. i'm leaving the academy it was the wish of the academy that i should leave my role as permanent secretary for fear that. the ouster of ms dunn 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. care into naturally else this is a huge scandal internationally norm's. and that would 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 you know it's the true of the capital. the nobel prize for literature will be postponed until twenty nineteen when the academy will name the laureate. and for more let's bring in very own karen who is joining us from our culture desk following this story for us

a parent 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 sara 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 set the 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 pass away so they need twelve members to actually make a credible valid decision and they're only working with ten 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 out 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 need 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 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. 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 and implications potentially that we could maybe predict here i think it's definitely this week the swedish allegations came out in november or so that was when the meat to 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. and other news residents on hawaii's big island have a vacuum waited their homes over the killer whale volcano after it erupted it

started spewing ash and lava into residential areas on thursday after a series of earthquakes kill away is one of the world's most active volcanoes and has been erupting continuously for the past thirty five years. it started with multiple earthquakes then a plume of pink smoke that shocked the local residents. ok we just had a huge earthquake and now in the direction of there's a massive dose of a 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 there behind our homes we could hear this. exploding. and so you know there is

a hole is going to still be there when we go back over there. the eruption saw a 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. now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world more than eight hundred palestinian protesters have been injured in fresh violence close to the border between gaza and israel dozens of them wounded with live ammunition others suffering from tear gas and lation thousands of palestinians gathered on friday for a sixth week of protests they are demanding the right to return to their homes seized by israel back in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight. and palestinian president mahmoud abbas has apologized for remarks that he made about the holocaust earlier this week he had suggested that the persecution of european jews was

because of their roles as bankers and money lenders rather than their religion or race who in his apology he condemned anti-semitism and called the holocaust quote the most 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. you're watching news still to come on the program a special report from cameroon an eruption of violence as english speaking parts of the country seek to break away from the central government and call marks he is one of the most decisive divisive rather thinkers in modern history the revolutionary philosopher is turning two hundred but how should he be remembered. but first it is the scandal that just won't go away and of course we have the

latest wrinkle now having gave us telling us that side of the story very much there of course we're talking about the famous diesel gate scandal u.s. prosecutors are doing what germans couldn't they have charged former boss martin vinter corps for his part in the 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 german prosecutors are saying their probe of intercon is ongoing and won't be affected by the events in the united states it 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 the 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 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 events of corn will face charges in u.s. courts germany doesn't extradited citizens to non 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. our financial correspondent in frankfurt always bods has been following

the story for us only it's good to see you again now perhaps seeing these legal consequences our viewers might wonder why the former c.e.o. is being indicted in the u.s. and not in germany since it's a german company. yeah the. easy answer to that in the quick answer to that is that the united states authorities were quicker than the german ones the germans have been taking a long time but as we just heard in the report there they will be ready at some time to put in the diet but if the facts that they have are in their view strong enough another thing is that the u.s. authorities just have a lot more leverage with the laws they have to levy high fines and high prison penalties in cases like the w.n. like martian venture corn what he did and what volkswagen did there was considered a criminal offense in a much inventor cohen is found guilty faces up to twenty five years in prison plus

have to find and you'd never see that sort of penalty or that sort of prison sentence for such a transgression here and in a german court and the matter at hand is also different in the united states there were much stricter standards and no x. much stricter than in the european union and in germany so any any prison penalty here or any penalty here will be for that reason alone also probably much lighter now let's focus on the company for a second here because where do we go from here does all this have an impact on future. it could have an impact on the financial situation of volkswagen i don't think it will take volkswagen into a tailspin force it to sell off a unit or something like that has huge cash flow it has huge profits if martin venture cohen is convicted of a criminal offense and if it's the court finds him guilty of having known before

hand before he admitted to it that something was wrong that the company cheated him and committed fraud and that he informed the shareholders too late in the united states if that's found there then that will open the avenue to shareholders all over the world to make big claims that they suffered damages and the sums at stake now i hear that it's about ten billion u.s. dollars so folks wagon could be slapped with that if a maximum is imposed if martin intercon is found guilty so there's a lot at stake and the share went down as the news came today it's as we've said a never ending story thank you very much elise bods in frankfurt and a good weekend to you. thank you. u.s. unemployment figures are out and they're good but not quite as good as some had expected in april the jobless rate fell to three point nine percent its lowest

level since december two thousand and twenty four thousand new jobs were created in manufacturing there was also strong growth in the services and the health care sector analysts say the figures are a sign of resilience and that the recent stock market chaos and fears over trade. to venice where are now 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 in venezuela are suffering without electricity because power stations are out of order that's triggering further anger against the socialist government. they has only the flicker of a single flame to cook by even candles are luxury nowadays so the mendoza family use one at a time as if eating 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. elektra's city is very important in a hurry because of course you need the fridge food for children air conditioners in your photo on the extreme the heart here. but we have to keep everything closed because there are a flies which carry diseases. that i think that americans we have to close our doors and we need electricity to make food. it's absolutely essential for us. but i don't know. it's been like this for months in venezuela here at the power station in monaco only four of the twenty four turbines are 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. this unit but as part of a systematic attack it would have us with 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. situation there that's all for business it's back to sarah now in a dangerous divide in cameroon absolutely thank you so much javier the central african country in fact is currently in the grip of a political and security crisis at the end of last year secessionist rebels declared the independence of their region and the hardline government responded by cracking down on the insurgency so let's have

a closer look now because the conflict is centered in the angle of phone area of western cameron you see it highlighted there in yellow many english speakers here claim that they have been marginalized by the francophone government and that they no longer feel safe in their homes now crayfish went there to report. who. is over ninety years old. there's a lot she can't remember anymore but she'll never forget one day last year. the pain is a constant reminder. that. moved through someone knocked on the door i said his there and i opened it at that it was the police and they hit me right in the face. there was blood everywhere i just didn't stop believing. thousands of

people in her hometown were taking part in peaceful protests at the time they feel let down somewhere calling for their own state to be called amazonia government troops responded with while lens. was one of the victims there's growing unrest in the region and some of the 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 there are six rebel groups in the forests fighting against governments troops he shows us their training videos. 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 many see the church as a possible mediator in the crisis. but in the circumstances that are very difficult because. because they give conditions for talking to the sort of the problem. if we are going to die and. talking together with. that person must

be the same with him. the government refuses to speak with the separatists despite several requests we are not given an interview with the government representative. presidential elections in cameroon our schedules to be holes in october this here but many people in the ngo phone region in particular those in rural areas i wondering how this will be possible this happily any indication that the situation will be improving in the next month i think about. 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. this saturday marks the two hundredth birthday of perhaps the most divisive political and economic thinker of 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 hit the streets of berlin to find out what people there think. marx's ideas bought 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 for peace tribute to its former student. what's 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 a launch of a new still bears marx's name the boulevard was built as a propaganda project by the socialist regime by the workers for the workers. the last military parade to celebrate the achievements of the self-styled workers

and peasants state was held here just a month before the berlin wall fell. but what does maag still mean to people here that the government had a kind of different idea of how society should work that well off he runs a lot of good stuff. of capital for example which is still valid today gov this is i started 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 we're always going to see in void. under way to book definitely with. 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 much of poland with a berlin wall but for some of the people here. have lost none of their relevance.

philosophy now to sports and it is just around the corner and locals are finding new ways to enjoy the beautiful game football enthusiastic and kaliningrad have come up with something called atomic football let's have a look all you need are fourteen players fourteen balls and two teams how do un easy be the first team to score fourteen goals with the added challenge of playing in traditional valente boots and your flat 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 used at

a world cup sitting only thirty five thousand will be hosting big football nations such as spain england and belgium fans are buzzing. this is a great football experience there's a positive and good mood people are happy and content this is cool it was cool might not be the right word to describe your flight paths but they're fun and with six weeks ago before kick off we might have already found the next one. a quick reminder now of the top stories that we've been following for you here at d.f.w. 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 that it will instead award two prizes in twenty nineteen. and prosecutors in the united states have charged the former c.e.o. of volkswagen marchin winterkorn for his part in the emissions scandal he is facing charges of fraud and conspiracy. and that's your news at the

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