this is good news coming to you live from berlin literary giant philip roth dies at the age of eighty five we'll look back at the life and works of the few with the prize winning novelist explore the tragedy and comedy of the american jewish experience also on the program facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg apologizes to european lawmakers for the recent data scandal of social media giant but he runs out the clock to several tough questions on how user data has been shared and manipulated. lowering expectations u.s.

president all casts doubt on whether a summit with north korea will go ahead as planned this is trump meets his son's korean counterpart. in washington. also on this program a dubai royal disappears after an escape attempt on the high seas princess latif has not been seen for months in a video released after her disappearance she says she was fleeing mistreatment by her father the ruler of dubai we have a special. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us american literary giant philip roth has died and he was eighty five years old roth who lived in new york and connecticut was best known for diving deep into the jewish american experience a novel such as american. pastoral and portnoy's complaint the grandson of jewish

immigrants he wrote more than thirty books in his lifetime one every major u.s. literary awarding including the pulitzer prize. well with us in the studio to talk more about this is day to be a correspondent bess if good morning at morning philip roth was considered a literary giant many of his books were also turned into films so he was he was hugely successful what made him so successful well first of all it's hard to overemphasize how big this guy was. if you study literature he he felt like he belong more to this category of literary giants like hemingway fokker fitzgerald these people where you just used the last name you know somebody who was a towering figure who was in every textbook if you want to talk about american literature the way he got there was through this idea of the great american novel

he wrote not just one but several great american novels novels that use history the history of the twentieth century tell the story of what it meant to be an american and. if you look at his international fame he he also told the story of what it means to be human he's been published all around the world novels like american pastoral that. shows a vast expanse of of american history but in one jewish american family merican radicalism and issues like this so you put him in a league with with hemingway and faulkner when we talk about style we can define maybe a faulkner rest style did football have a distinctive style of writing is there a typical rough ian literary style sure if if you read one paragraph of roth and you're interested in roth iraq fan you know it's him but the thing is like a lot of his peers because he came after hemingway. he was coming of age in the

sixty's. if if you look at his writing it's not like a lot of his peers or experiment thing with new literary styles is still very plain plainspoken he gets right to the point but he is extremely controversial because of the content of what he writes. he writes about male sexuality he uses very descriptive language it's raw it's painful but it's also whole areas of his books you laugh out loud if you read it but talking about the controversy it was. portnoy's complaint came out in one nine hundred sixty nine and it shocked middle america and i would say it still would shock everybody now we think in the sixty's people are prudish but if i dare you to go back and read the book and and not have to look away if you ok and he was course showered with literary prizes in the u.s. but the most prestigious international prize eluded him did it yeah that's true like he said he won the man booker the poets or the national book award but the

nobel prize he was always on the list a lot of people thought in two thousand sixteen that it was going to be him didn't happen and as you know the nobel prizes and go to deceased literary giants ok thank you so much for that assessment i mean from social media that's thanks mark. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today italy's two populist party because the far right leak and the anti establishment five star movement are struggling to quell accusations that their pick for prime minister just have to contact a padded his resume could take claimed he quote perfected his legal studies at new york university but the prestigious school has no record of him studying there. an experimental ebola vaccination program is underway in the democratic republic of congo world health organization says more than thirty health care workers have received the shot authorities in congo are rushing to head off a major outbreak of the deadly virus. and emergency workers are rushing to seal off

a power plant in hawaii as the lava from the killer way of all came approaches the site engineers have warned that the lava could breach underground well releasing toxic gases into the atmosphere the plant generates roughly a third of the island's electricity even lawmakers have demanded better data protection and privacy measures from facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg faced questioning at the european parliament in brussels in the wake of a massive data scandal at the company but a byzantine committee process meant soccer burke baited some probing questions even if he made sure to apologize for the social media giants glaring failures. lots of fake zuckerberg demonstrating in front of the european institutions. but inside the parliament not so much the hearing of the facebook c.e.o. was supposed to take place behind closed doors so that gave some the impression

that the privacy of mr zuckerberg was more important than the privacy of facebook users but some you parliamentarians fought back and managed to have the hearing that took place right here in this room live streamed. so everyone could see how mark zuckerberg apologized for digital facebook tools causing real world problems once again we haven't done enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well and that goes for fake news foreign interference in elections and developers misusing people's information we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility now is a mistake and i'm sorry for it to the start of an interesting debate not really the european parliamentarians used up most of the time to ask dozens of questions with zuckerberg sitting there quietly for nearly an hour in the end this

questionable procedure worked to his advantage because he got to pick and choose those questions he answered now what we're doing is taking a much more proactive approach rather than waiting for people in the community to flag for us that there may be issues we are going through in investigating ourselves up front all the different apps that had access to a large amount of information but with time many parliamentarians felt like they didn't get the information they wanted i am quite disappointed by his appearance here in the european parliament and i think that his company did the european parliament serious and told him to come but he didn't really it took the question serious which we had to pose and i think that he lost a lot of credibility tonight and the ability to also reste or trust with european consumers in the end the hearing left a bitter aftertaste for the way the european parliament handled it and for the

answers it got from zuckerberg. you're watching d.w. news still to come the mystery of the missing princess she said her life was anything but a fairy tale and many fear for her safety after her attempted escape and capture at sea. the u.s. congress has rolled back regulation of banks as right to the vast majority of banks in the u.s. will now face less regulation the u.s. congress rolled back part of the two thousand and ten dog frank law which was an active by the obama administration after the financial crisis is aim was to prevent another financial meltdown in future taxpayer funded bailouts of banks considered too big to fail the rollbacks affect all banks with less than two hundred fifty billion dollars in assets that means only a few big banks will continue to face the previous strict rules which include more stringent capital requirements the vote is seen as a win for u.s.

president donald trump. china's announcement to reduce import duties on foreign cars from twenty five to fifteen percent is another success for u.s. president donald trump but there's also a message of goodwill towards germany just in time for uncle america's visit to beijing on thursday china has also pledged to ease restrictions that are currently imposes on foreign investment and the car and ship building industries. price cuts at bentley china could be imminent from june on import tariff on cars will drop from twenty five to fifteen percent. years ago chinese tariffs on car imports prompted european and american made range carmakers to set up production sites in china but they too had to pay tariffs on imported car parts so they too will benefit from the reduced tariffs. for b.m.w. and dime where the tariff cuts could boost profits by one billion euros. china

is already the world's largest car markets and its prominence is rising by twenty twenty one in three passenger cars sold globally will hit the road in china. car producers are likely to pass at least some of the cuts on to consumers some are already looking forward to is. be able to buy luxury goods like cars or watches at lower prices. german chancellor angela merkel is likely to welcome the move but during her state visit to china on wednesday she'll be pressing for more pressure market access for foreign companies and intellectual property rights are at the top of her agenda. financial correspondent who's standing by the phone for the stock exchange. the turner u.s. trade talks seem to be going quite well though the latest comments from donald

trump haven't been terribly optimistic whether markets. from. well much like donald trump himself of the markets often take cues from whatever they heard last and now that they heard and now that they've heard that donald trump isn't terribly satisfied with the way chinese american trade negotiations are going they're having to qualify the earlier optimism that they felt on what had looked like a trade truce so certainly european markets a drooped at the open this morning the docks included as you can see behind me but trunks comment certainly served as a reminder that the trade negotiations are a process that the things that led to this dispute in the first place haven't been resolved and that the challenge remains getting both sides to focus on trade expansion as opposed to piling mutual trade restrictions upon each other until the deficit is reduced. you know the chinese telecoms joins it has said that more than three billion more than three billion dollars from the u.s.

sanctions will chime of us reach a deal ending those measures. you know the z.t. story has been one of the more confusing chapters of this chinese american trade saga and trump himself hasn't been a huge clarifying help you remember that in april u.s. companies for banned from selling parts his e t e after it violated u.s. sanctions by shipping to north korea and iran and then last week trump tweeted that he was working with the chinese government and he was worried about the loss of chinese jobs so certainly sending mixed signals they are now fast forward to this week and there were reports that trump had reached a deal with z t e that they were going to be left off easy and exchange for in exchange for trade concessions but he since deny that but has said that he will leave the door open to an agreement that sees a change in board and a billion in fines although that is likely to be opposed by u.s. lawmakers who are worried about espionage risks and that the u.s.

isn't credibility when it comes to enforcing sanctions so the short answer is that we will see. you know in frankfurt thank you. space x. the private aerospace company headed by edo moscow launched a rocket carrying telecommunications and climate satellites the bones as part of the plan to become the world's largest commercial satellite network two of the satellites launched for nasa they will be used for measuring indicators of changes in the earth's climate such as sea level and places and that's all your business news back to terry and allan an extraordinary story of a failed escape that's right we're going to get to that in just a moment but first after days of diplomatic tug of war south korean journalists are now among those permitted by north korea to attend the dismantling of north korea's nuclear test site this week the media event is meant to publicize cognacs plan to

halt the testing of nuclear weapons and internet continental missiles south korean press were first denied access to the event after north korea took offense at joint military exercises the south conducted with the u.s. last week. meanwhile belts are growing over next month's scheduled summit between leaders of north korea and the u.s. donald trump has warned of a possible delay but said he still believes north korean leader kim jong un is serious about denuclearization. the white house honor guard would also have been ready for the historical summit between the u.s. president and north korea's leader but now concerns are growing in washington that kim jong un might ditch the meeting planned for june twelfth in singapore trump was still cautiously optimistic as he welcomed south korean president in their talks focused on efforts to convince young to denuclearize and accept a lasting peace despite aggressive signals from the north korean capital. kim

reiterated his unwillingness to completely dismantle north korea's nuclear program saying he needed to guarantee his political longevity. and we'll see what happens there are certain conditions that we want and i think we'll get those conditions and if we don't we don't have the meeting and frankly it has a chance to be a great great meeting for north korea and a great meeting for the world. if it doesn't happen maybe it'll happen later maybe a different time if the summit is canceled the memorial coin depicting trump and kim which has already been minted may be obsolete before it's even been released. over the next few days several foreign journalists have been allowed into north korea will report on the destruction of the nuclear testing site it. the move is meant to be a confidence building gesture but since no independent experts will be on hand it

may be viewed by washington as a destruction of evidence. staying in the u.s. lawmakers in texas are holding a special session on gun violence this follows the mass shooting last friday at a high school in santa fe but there's little chance that lawmakers there will agree on any serious reforms unlike those who pushed for stricter gun control after a shooting three months ago in florida the friends and families of the santa fe shooting victims are largely opposed to gun control. an increasingly common scene in the united states makeshift memorials for victims of a nasa shooting this time at santa fe high school in texas. there are prayers for the eight students and two teachers who lost their lives. but amid a nationwide debate over how to stop such massacres this community thinks it's not about guns and most say stricter controls are off the table. i think right now what

i just really want to focus on is it is this this city healing i don't i don't have the quick answers for this i don't know that anybody does knowing our town probably not or they think are going all those are good the way they are. a lot of things they just need to be seen for the bigger picture than what it is and not these political reasonings that all these people keep bringing up about these guns and then i read archer doesn't have a minute to go in its own person those. no other developed country in the world comes close to the levels of gun violence in the united states but many in santa fe believe it's not gun legislation but society that's broken texas has some of the most relaxed gun laws in the country but many here don't feel that changing that would help prevent tragedies like the massacre that took place at santa fe high school the response stands in stark contrast to the student led activism that arose after a shooting in parkland florida but it represents attitudes in many parts of the united states that guns are not the problem. sixteen year old marcel mcclinton is

trying to find a way to connect with communities like santa fe he is also an ass shooting survivor two years ago a man opened fire in his church he says sharing that grief is a first step to bridging the divide how can march for a lives how can people who grew up going to reform reach rule conservatory unities in a way that doesn't offend them that isn't you know that i speak for them. it's the unanswered question that has so many students traumatized and others fearing that they won't live to see graduation. to the gulf and a story of a missing amorality princess a french spy a young seized in international waters it has all the hallmarks of a bestselling geo political thriller but this is no novel princess latifa of dubai disappeared after she tried to escape her family and her father the ruler of the emirates she had made it through the waters of india before she was apprehended

human rights organizations are urging dubai authorities to reveal her whereabouts hala. reports. and. it's not such a. thirty two year old she wanted to flee from her father the ruler of dubai and prime minister of the united arab emirates shaikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum. latif us friends released this video after she was abducted attempting to escape they want to raise awareness of her disappearance these messages where the last that they ever heard from her the last people to see what he found where those who helped plan her escape from a french spy her bear and a friend from finland your hand then.

and one with. some voice or i don't have to say. fled to dubai in february twenty eighth to get to wiki no they drove to oman's capital most cat and then sailed on a small boat into international waters there was waiting for them on his yacht one son board they sailed for go on in india. after six days at sea they noticed they were being followed their pursuers then boarded their wessel. we heard some noises the other day that sounded like gunshots. and we got very very scared and we looked ourselves to the bus. and soon after that their whole campaign started dealing with a small we were basically mixed with. men dressed in black. who

values are don't. want monkfish. will die using. likes. they were going to killers later on and i saw let's see for lying on their front deck she was repeating that she wanted to see what wanted to go asylum. but they were not listening to her and she said shoot me here don't they don't take me back to eight. that was the last time tina owner of a sallet they claim their wessell was supported by iraqi forces assisted by the indian coast guard but the authorities are not admitting anything. think we have real concerns about the issue of forced disappearance so to force disappearances when a government detain somebody and then they refused to confirm that that person is in detention. latifa seen here skydiving has disappeared without

a trace and ready media are keeping silent about her disappearance and anyone who asks questions has risks or reprisals. we've had bomb threats i've had surveillance outside my home i've had people you know coming into the garden banging on the windows anyone who would dare to criticize you edith ortiz could face arrest could be disappeared. you know the situation there in terms of respect for basic rights respect for the right to free expression free association for use and these. latif as lawyers have filed a complaint with the united nations in the hopes that it will help free her or. if the teacher is alive and we can get around the magnitude of this women's rights in the whole of the middle east he's groundbreaking. changes about le t. thought was aiming for she wanted to flee to torture and control of her country

especially when it comes to women's rights and basic freedoms. that report by the w.'s policy you stole published with me here in the studio how it all sounds rather incredible we know that the details of the story particularly. abduction or true well we have the reports from the two eyewitnesses that were on the boat whom i spoke to and also let's see if as lawyer who provided us with material evidence and those are last messages from lety five from the time when she was on the boat and also g.p.s. data from the boat which we verified and it corresponds to their story and then of course there is the video in which the fire herself talks about her experiences in the past week to give credibility to the most recent events she talks about how she tried to flee a few years ago and was captured and then was kept in jail for three years and was

tortured there so she also talked about her older sister shams who had already tried to escape in early two thousand and she had the same happen to her she was also captured and is still believed to be in jail and media reports of the time also correspond to her story so this is not the first time something like this has happened exactly and also these disappearances don't always involve the royal family members they are quite common among government critics in the u.a.e. human rights watch have reported on several such cases and what is most concerning is that these people are usually detained without a fair trial or any trial whatsoever and this is actually in violation to several international treaties were things stand with the teachers case right now is there any hope that she will eventually be free they are allowed to leave the country

well if her life is all their sister is still believed to be in jail and there are great concerns that. shares her sister states and her friends believe that she's probably locked up somewhere in dubai heavily medicated and that is unfortunately the best case scenario but that being said her friends haven't lost hope because they would be doing what they're doing right now talking to media representatives to try to put pressure on the u.a.e. authorities to get them to release their friend so they're there have been also in talks with the u.n. they have filed a complaint and the u.n. has been successful before in getting u.a.e. to release their detainees so there are certainly still some threads of hope there very quickly what is it that is why does the united arab emirates want to keep these people there why would the emir want to not allow is going to trial. well it is not certain but probably because i was very outspoken about what

happened in her country and what happened you know of regarding her daily life she was very restricted there and she wanted to talk about it also you know publicly and obviously the safe didn't want that to happen ok fear of criticism paula thank you so much public you still feature from our social media. before you go just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on v.w. news pulitzer prize winning novelist philip roth has died he was eighty five years old rolf was best known for exploring the jewish american experience a novel such as american pastoral and portnoy's complaint. watching g.w. news fully back to top the next hour with another bulletin thanks watched.

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