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winner postponed due to a sex scandal. more extreme weather expected. and french president emmanuel macron visits new caledonia as to french territory prepares vote onndendence. for the first time since 1935, the nobel prize for literature .ill not the awarded this year this follows sex abuse allegations and other issues that have reflected the public image of the swedish academy that affects the winner. the ize for this year will instead be candid out next year. reporter: bad news for literature lovers as the swedish academy deals with its

oquivalent to the #to movement. the cultural institution says it nobel prizerd the for literature this year. awardhave decided not to a prize this year. we did this after long and intense discussions. the confidence in thecademy is so low at the moment, that is the reason we refrain in awarding the prize. reporter: the announcement comes after 18 womenuse the french of sexualer arnaud assault. of a also the husband former academy member. the institution immediately cut who iss with arnaud, accused of leaking the names of nobel prize winners at least seven times. but the decision to suspend the

secretary led to mass protest. ny weroutraged over woman took the fall for a man's behavior. with have to start dealing it. it can no longer be considered a minor thing when women are sexually abused. reporter: -- and then it becomes unbelievably mbic when the first woman to hold the post of secretary is fired when she tries to sort things out. reporter: disagreements over how the academy has handled the crisis has created unprecedented infighting, leaving six members, usually appointed for life, to step down from their positions over the past two weeks. the meantime, two of the biggest names in motion pictures and cinema have had their numbers up in the ademy

revoked. they have banished comedian bill and roman pilanski for sexual misconduct. the board of the academy says it continues to encourage ethical standards with its members that show respect for human dignity. to india, a series of powerful superstorm's have left a trail of death and destruction. a deadly dust storm killed at least 125. meanwhile, an electrical storm has left tens of thousands without power. many of those killed were asleep when their houses collapsed joined uspondent eaier from new delhi. she tells us why the storm is particularly powerful this year. the storms do happen

every year, this time of the unusual to be on this scale. and fills thes in vacuum. meteorologists are sing it follows abnormally high temperatures at this time of the year that contributed to this disaster. acrosstures are goi up india. storms get higher and higher. there is the question whether this has to do with climate change. there have also been comments about how these could beown bursts, do bursts could be the air movemt that happens during thunderstorms. but yes, the officialse have

arfrom, they have not seen anything like this in about 20 years, and they are fearing there could be more bad weather to come. in the u.s. state of hawaii, a volcanic corruption has forced is actuate. the volcano on the big island -- spewed ash through out thughout the area prompted people to leave their homes. armenia, there is a political deadlock. the ruling party says it will support the opposition leader' s -- opposition leader's bid for prime minister. theic anger has bowled over -- spilled over the perceived cronyism. here's more from our correspondent. reporter: first of all, on

wednesday, there was a mass mobilization. once again, supporters have shown they will not accept any prime minister other than him -- i'my are capable of sure there were negotiations going on behind the scene. we have reached a deal. they do not know what promises have been made, but he is a problematic politician. he has the support of people behind him, but iup against a very well entrenched elite and theyruled armenia, have gotten their power and resources and it's worth noting the republican party reserves the right to go back on its in the event of mass

civil disobedience or if there are strikes. and once again, their language has been quite vague. that they will wait and see what happens whether they keep their promise to vote for him. next to the u.k. -- a series of vocal elections. results show teft-leaning labor party led by jeremy corbyn has gained ou in some parts of england, but unable to dent e conservative party's stronghold in key parts of london. prime minister theresa may's did not lose ground despite their week showing and last year's election. emmael macron on the archipelago to make sure that new caledonia remains part of france. new caledonia is set to vote

thisovber whether it wants alone as an independent nation free from the control of paris. this is emmanuel macron speaking earlier today. force in is a major the indo pafiregion and we will continue to build on our thinking around france's thinking in this region. frce has a future in the cific. >> let's cross to our regional correspondent clovis casali who is covering the president's visit for. cenly a busy day for emmanuel macron. reporter: an long and busy day conferencewith the of the south pacific and you had all of the regional actors present and it was a way for president and my mac long to

discuss this new indo pacific partnership he -- president macron to discuss this new indo pacic partnership ian failed. what the president wants to do is to create a partnership that could be a rival to the u.s. transpacific ownership that was given up, abandoned by donald trump. an ambitious project there for emmanuel macron. he also visited some of the poorest neighborhoods. neighborhood where you have high levels of poverty, high levels of crime, key in mind that here in new caledonia, 20% of the population lives below the poverty line. it was very surprising to see so many excited children turn up asking for selfies. president macron spent an

hour and a half with them there, giving two ladies the kiss on the cheek, clearly a very friendly, relaxed atmosphere around president macron surrounded by his security, and security was a key issue. clearly the french president one of to show that france is caring for citizens, even if it is on world andside of the even in the poor neighborhoods. that really trying to show with this verimportt referendum on independence in veer. clovis, you talked about more

casual, lighter scenes, but there's anniversary of a deadly event there in new caledonia. tell us more. inorter: the deadliest ent new caledonia with the hostage cris 30 yes ago that ended with several deaths. kidnapped,ad abducted the french gendarme, which are a tight of police. very badly in the minds of many, and some pro-independence activists are very keen to me themselves heard one president macron -- one president macron arrives. also, talking about colonization. therly that is not on agenda. he is not here for that. he is here to have construction

discussions. he is not here to give any official position on referenm in november. he just wants to avoid any debate. and that is a strong sign for the people here in new caledonia. thank you for that. clovis casali joining us from new caught on you. thatrime minister saying spanish democracy has defeated a basque separatist group. they have been blamed for thousands of killings and in fight sport independent basque homeland in northwest spain and southwest france. europe's oldest saysrist groups, butta it has been totally dismantled. the spanish government not

having it, calling that just noise and propaganda. >> we have nothing to thank them for. does, its of what eta ll not find an opening for the impunity of his crimes. over 850 they killed and injured some 2600 others. has apologized to the families of the victims, but not to those they consider targets, like the police. for those, justice still needs to be served. musbeefeated not only on an operational level, but also an ideological and a political one. they have overseen more than 350 asssinations we have not solved. are in prisoneta in france and spain. brother has been sentenced

for crime. why do i have uffer going on a 20-hour trip to granada to see him fo 40-minute visit? therter: thousands took to streets for the prisoners -- to play for the prisoners to be moved closer to home. this continues to be a contested issue that could, despite the dismantlement, create further disagreement on both sides. we are coming up on 15 minutes past the hour. time to look at the business news. i enjoined by brian quinn. good to have you with us. gate scandalesel at volkswagen. was implicated in a wide-ranging emissions cheating scandal.

the attorney general jeff seions saying vw executives, it around guilty, will pay a heavy price. reporter: hours after presented's new chief shareholders with a plan on how to clean up company ethics, the news cam from washington. martin winterkorn charged with conspiracy and fraud for emissions cheating organized by the carmaker until the scandal was uncovered in 2015. indictment shows that th decision to cheat went to the top of the company. therter: mtin winterkorn 11th executive to be charged in cheating scandal.

it is unlike he will be extradited. folks wagon realized it could aeat tests by installing device. he ordered that they continue the practice and keep selling models of violate regulaons. >> the u.s. attorney's office is committed to pursuing accountability corporate crimes. he says he only learned about the coverup in 2015, shortly before the scandal was revealed. hasotal, folks like and agreed to spend $25 billion u.s. car owners and regulators in the night in states and has agreed to pull back half a million vehicles. next, i day of reckoning

for france after staff strikes on pay. employees have been voting on a referendum about whether to accept management's offer of a 2% raise. most unions have rejected it, but the result of the referendum could override that when announced later today. however, the ceo has said he will resign. our correspondent will be on hand for those results starting at 6 p.m. today. earlier, he ok to a member of the pilots union about why they are standing firm. they demonstrated the referendum called by the management -- the deal that is on the table does not really answer what we are asking for.

the answer is it's only a few years, so they are ignoring the past. so, we say ok. we can talk about the future, but first we should talk about the past. european indexes are higher as investors look at a jobs report coming out of the u.s. in paris, lagging after disappointing results in the banking secr. in argentina, the bank looking to contain a steep drop -- but to a quarter and a half percent of the peso has fallen to a record low against the dollar. argentina has spent some $3.4 billion trying to dend it hurts it. there are concerns about potential runaway inflation.

>> the government should be worried about this. these have implications for international refinance -- financing, and obviously that can make results more serious. bryan: finally- are you ready to change your passwords again twitter is recommending to users that they do just that after a glitch caused the passwords to be stored in real text instead ofoded text. situation lasted for several months and if there is a delay ,n my tweeting because of that i apologize in advance to my 11 followers. >> all 11 of them. change your password. thank you very much for that. it's time now for our press review.

i am joined in the city by alison sargent. hi, houston. -- allison. >> hi, molly. molly: and there are revelations the donald trump did indy pay actress stormy daniels. yes, this seems to be saving donald trump of from arguing that that was a legal campaign violation. he can don to his campaign as long as you like spirit and theory nothing legally about that. the strategy has totally backfired. in the charlotte observer you can see where it leaves him -- behind bars. giuliani still looks pleased with himself, but he is the only one. see this in conservative papers. i think the announcement was a

bad idea. oming to his defense today. "the whiton times," a very conservative paper says this will give ammunition to trump's foes. they say this argument will not save himnd it contradicts his prior statements yetotng to do with this payment. giuliani has said that trump did not know what the money was being used for, you just provided it to his lawyer in the enthat he needed to pay someone off. cartoon from "the washington post" sure, trump pays hush money. it doesn't all the time. and you see him making another asking rudyhis time giuliani to shut up. molly: and now we have parliamentary elections? the first time since 2009 because parliament had extended

their term limits several times. they are finally going to the bulls. as you can read on the first page of the lebanese newspaper, they are making their final pleas before the paper goes into a media blackout. testare urging voters to their ballot for the current prime minister. they are saying that he and his "have made no empty promises." this is a stark contrast to what is in the international press. the new york times is lebanese voters -- says lebanese voters really wanchge. there is fear of a new war between hezbollah and israel. few people expect that the elections will ring that change. the main political parties so dominate the media that "the new york times" says smaller

candidates have not been able to get the word out. molly: we have seen quite a big difference when it comes to campaigning. thatat's right, and we see in the record number of female candidate. this is something that we have focused on at france 24. runninge candidates are in these elections, compared to 12 in 2009. you see women in lebanon and virtually every other field, but all it takes really has had this glass ceiling. there were attempts to impose a 30% quota for women in parliament, b during those negotiations hezbollah walked out. a lot of female candidates have been very supportive of each other. there's a lot of solidarity, even if they are from other parties. they say even if they just when one or two seats, that will be a huge vry.

molly: and belgium is not a country? he argued that belgium is an artificial creation and multiple groups that do not speak the same language and do not like each other -- this got a lot of attention from belgians, the most clicked onk of the belgian newspaper or the former belgian prime minister and the brexit coordinator and had quite a bit of come back to nigel farage. in the tweet he says, we will see how real belgium is when we play england and the world cup. that game is coming up june 28. we will see who has the last laugh. let's turn to football, marseilles advancing to the final leg of the europa league. >> right. there is only one word in the local paper. it will be heroic.

marseille lost the first game. to one goalanks scored by the portuguese player reynaldo, not to be confused wi the other or player reynaldo who is perhaps better known. he is the paper says player to watch when they play madrid in the final. for that veryou much. for more, you can go to our website. epress.24.com/inth we are going to take a quick break. the news will continue here on france 24. 24 in might watch france english, but don't forget, france 24 is also in french,

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