the nobel academy honors two scientists for their groundbreaking work on cancer therapy but explain why their research could mark the start of a revolution in the fight against the disease. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us indonesia's government is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the region of soloway sea last week authorities are rushing to get aid and rescue equipment to the area. the president has now called for other countries to pitch in and help more than eight hundred forty people have been confirmed dead so far tens of thousands of people are homeless. the moment disaster struck first an earthquake then this tsunami indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and the government has been keen to show it was ready for this one but the region at the center of the disaster around the city of palu is remote so the rescue operation has been slow to get off the mark. this woman is begging to be airlifted out of the region are responding to the distress president joke over dodo help distribute emergency food supplies he a

the nobel academy honors two scientists for their groundbreaking work on cancer therapy which explained why their research marks a landmark in the fight against the disease. and it's a good day for canada says prime minister justin trudeau after his country agreed to a new trade deal with the u.s. and mexico the u.s. and mexico canada agreement to set to replace what used to be known as nafta. i'm swimming some of the good to have you with us indonesia's government is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the region of soloway z. last week authorities are rushing to get aid and rescue equipment to the area the president. has now called for other countries to pitch in and help more than eight hundred forty people have been confirmed dead so far tens of thousands of people are homeless i. think the moment disaster struck first an earthquake then this to nami. indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and the government had been keen to show it was ready for this one but the region at the center of the disaster around the city of polo is remote s

national in a scandal that's rocked the nobel literature prize award body cloud are noways an important cultural figure in sweden and married to a member of the swedish academy awards the prestigious prize last year a swedish paper published allegations of sexual misconduct by eighteen women against our no this year's nobel literature prize has been postponed while the academy quote regroups and restores trust. six men have been arrested in germany on suspicion of forming a far right a terrorist group in the eastern city of chemists a federal prosecutor said the men planned to carry out armed attacks against foreigners and left wing activists and former violence flared in candidates in august after a local man was killed in an altercation with several migrants. let's bring in our political correspondent who is tracking this story for us good to see you what more can you tell us about these people who are arrested. well there are six of them they're all between twenty and thirty years old they are meant to have already started trying to get fire weapons trying to get weapons to execute some kind of. plan that they were meant to have had possibly in the next f

the nobel academy is confident they can recover in time for the 2019 prize but first he says the quoteesponsible parties need to do the right thing and resign. >> if they manage to deal with the mess they have created, then i think pretty soon the prize will gain its position. >> he was sentenced to two years in prison and maintains his innocence and says will appeal his conviction. ktvu fox news. >>> face cookbook could face a $1.6 million fine for its recently revealed data breach affecting more than 50 million users -- users. ireland is the lead privacy commission in your. facebook reported within the 72 hour window and is cooperating with regulators. >>> a big morning on the stock market. you can see the big board and the dow is up over 200 points and nasdaq slipped briefly and down almost a point in the s&p 500 up 12 points. the trade agreement between the u.s., canada and mexico but analysts are crediting it -- crediting it for good news on the stark -- stock market. >>> tesla stock moving up 17% as elon musk steps down and he will keep his title as ceo and pay a $20 million fine

of the old enough to agreement and will serve as a model for more trade deals to come plus the nobel academy on those two men for a landmark research in the battle against cancer we explain why james and his sons and to supraphon just groundbreaking work on cats of therapy could mark the start of a revolution in the fight against the disease. and the septuagenarian digital broadcasting golden oldies into the homes of the elderly on international day of older persons who hear just how much they enjoy reading or installed in england means to aging the. around the world. welcome to the show indonesia has started burying hundreds of dead in a mass grave that's after last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed almost eight hundred fifty the death toll is expected to rise further as authorities reach areas cut off by the disaster tens of thousands of people are homeless and many survivors say they haven't eaten for days correspondent bastian hot issue reports now from one of the hardest hit cities. some of them have been waiting for days at the airport to get on one of the planes th

one hundred two year old is married to a member of the academy that awards the nobel prize for literature the crisis also sparked a wave of resignations from the academy. meanwhile the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to two immunologists for their work on cancer therapies james p. allison of the university of texas and kyoto universities the super honcho of separately discovered and developed developed treatments which improve the human immune system so the body can better at pac cancer cells and how to do the. people tell me that they have recovered from grave illnesses become healthy thanks to my treatment method to me that's above everything else makes me realize that my research has been truly meaningful and makes me happy. still ahead in this news hour. the singer songwriter. whose musical career spanned eight decades. and then sports are right things turned sour in the u.s. after their defeat to europe plus. the tate modern in london where visitors will have to watch together to reveal the new about migration that's hidden and any. business updates brought to you by qatar

the nobel prize for literature was not given to by the swedish academy in the wake of sexual housmanscandal instead a group of swedish cultural representatives set up a provisional body to ana and outstanding right now to talk some more about this prize i have with me david leavitt's from disk western david a tell us about this is when and about what her writing well now these calls does exactly what this new academy set out to honor she writes about the people of the world and that's where they wanted to distinguish themselves from the swedish academy that normally gives out the nobel prize. writes about gender or culture. and race in historical novels that really span the globe from of the building of the panama canal to the goo empire and molly even the salem witch trials and she's she's a writer who's received all the francis top prizes guadeloupe her her homeland is actually part of france and she's an author that conceivably could have won the nobel prize had it existed this year obviously the nobel prize for literature is very prestigious does this substitute prize have the sa

sweden in two thousand and eleven the seventy two year old is married to a member of the academy that awards the nobel prize for literature the crisis also sparked a wave of resignations from the academy. meanwhile the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to two immunologists for their work on cancer therapies james p. allison of the university of texas and kyoto universities the super honcho of separately discovered and developed developed treatments which improve the human immune system so the body can better at pac cancer cells only to do. people tell me that they have recovered from grave illnesses become healthy thanks to my treatment method to me that's above everything else makes me realize that my research has been truly meaningful and makes me happy. still ahead in this news hour. with ransom due to the singer songwriter. whose musical career spanned eight decades. and then sport a ryder cup rant things turned sour in the u.s. after their defeat to europe plus. i'm charlie rangel at the tate modern in london where visitors will have to work together to reveal the new artwork about migrat

sweden in two thousand and eleven the seventy two year old is married to a member of the academy that awards the nobel prize for literature the crisis also sparked a wave of resignations from the academy meanwhile the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to two immunologists for their work on cancer therapies james at p. allison of the university of texas and cancer universities will haunt joe separately discovered and developed treatments which improve the human immune system so the body can better attack cancer cells. when. people tell me that they have recovered. and become healthy thanks to my treatment method to me that's about everything else makes me realize that my research has been truly meaningful and makes me happy. and the legendary french singer shouts as no of war has died at the age of ninety four. the. as the horse sold more than one hundred eighty million records during a career that spanned eight decades he was dubbed france says frank sinatra he was best known internationally for his one nine hundred seventy s. hits she and the old fashioned way as of what was awarded a star on

it's possible that a nobel prize for literature will be awarded next year if that happens the new academyill keep its promise to disband after the alternative prize is handed out in early december. french football legend arie already has been named the first the new coach of first division side by nako the forty one year old began his professional career with the club back in the ninety's he also won the world cup with france in one thousand nine hundred eight already went on to play for arsenal barcelona and the new york red bulls most recently he served as assistant coach with belgium during the last world cup russia monaco currently sits third from bottom in the french first. now at germany's national football team will face the netherlands later today in the u.a.e. for nations league this week the squad trained in berlin trying to create a positive atmosphere after a disastrous world cup campaign but a d w exclusive interview with the former star player rocked the boat. a real close welcome for the germany squad at the open training session in berlin earlier this week where youth team

it's possible that a nobel prize for literature will be awarded next year if that happens the new academywill keep its promise to disband after the alternative prize is handed out in early december. france's financial prosecutor's office is investigating suspicions of match fixing and a champions league match earlier this month between paris st germain and red star belgrade according to french newspaper they keep european soccer association had a loaded french authorities based on information they said was from a credible source the french side won that game six to one and supposedly an official of the serbian team had bet almost five million euros that red star would lose by exactly a five goal margin both clubs denied the match fixing allegations. and the nation's league of croatia and england battled to a lackluster scoreless draw in an empty stadium a consequence of you a for sanctions or a swastika on the edge before one of croatia's euro qualifiers two years ago england had hoped to exact some revenge for their loss to croatia and the semifinals of this year's world cup but it was n

year's nobel prize for literature to be postponed has been convicted of rape the french photographer john claude on zero was sentenced to two years in prison is marja a former member of the academy awards the nobel prize for literature. when we come back. some. time. welcome back now visitors to the tate modern gallery in london may be leading in from the latest exhibition of the cuban artist. and this installation relies on the power of everyday people to make it work experience. there is an image of a refugee under this floor that might never be seen unless hundreds of strangers cooperate come together and let the heat of their bodies uncover it it's an impossible task but artist. has high hopes for the collective effort. has transformed the tapes turbine hold a space for risk taking she sees her as an agent of change the museum is a form of public debate i think artists have a social responsibility and unfortunately we had to go into. all of this political struggles and all this the predation so people wake up. and they think that we need political art that is just to enable this is how bruguera intends to wake us up to the rising global tide of nationalism and xenophobia and

else our prospects for survival in the change global climate the royal swedish academy of sciences was awarded this year's nobel prize in economics sciences to william nordhaus and paul romer for their research into public policy interventions to curb the profit seeking processes that have our planet on path to catastrophic climate change the academy said the two professors significantly broaden the scope of economic analysis by constructing models that explain how the market economy interacts with nature and knowledge and that they have addressed quote our times most basic and pressing questions about how we create long term sustained and sustainable economic growth mr nordhaus is sterling professor of economics at yale and mr roemer is that new york university on the science the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change or i.p.c.c. today warned that our species only has about a dozen years left to take urgent transformative action to avoid absolute climate catastrophe the i.p.c.c. says time is quickly running out to hold global warming to one point five degrees versus two degrees of voiding global death

this year's nobel prize for physics has just been announced by the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm it's been awarded in two parts one half goes to u.s. scientists. and the other half to a team of two physicists the frenchman. and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the field of laser physics. so did obvious science correspondent derrick wins is joining me now to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision so derek i want us to first look at this prize that was given to lisa physicists why is that why is that happening now with the academy group to together under one common name they called it to for tools of life now lasers play an amazing very very broad role in today's society is there in everything there from the barcode scanners there and just drives we use them in industry there lasers are actually everywhere so they decided to give a. prize that that would honor the people who have done some really groundbreaking work and some of the aspects of this particular field one of the for arthur ashton was for what they call optic

in the change global climate the royal swedish academy of sciences was awarded this year's nobel prize in economics sciences to william nordhaus and paul romer for their research into public policy interventions to curb the profit seeking processes that have our planet on path to catastrophic climate change the academy said the two professors significantly broaden the scope of economic analysis by constructing models that explain how the market economy interacts with nature and knowledge and that they have addressed quote our times most basic and pressing questions about how we create long term sustained and sustainable economic growth mr nordhaus is sterling professor of economics at yale and mr roemer is that new york university on the science the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change or i.p.c.c. today warned that our species only has about a dozen years left to take urgent transformative action to avoid absolute climate catastrophe the i.p.c.c. says time is quickly running out to hold global warming to one point five degrees versus two degrees of voiding global death to cor

the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm has announced this year's nobel prize for chemistry the three rip recipients are francis an old and george smith of the u.s. and britain gregory went to us the nobel committee said they've been given the prestigious award for their work in developing proteins athol for human kind chemical problems the california institute of news updates this hour head office will be up next with your business in just two minutes but we'll leave you with some music from germany's unification celebrations beethoven's. conducted by daniel button boy enjoy. the. first. joint direct attack on her journey to freedom.

on the right or from guadalupe marjorie's condi has won the new academy prize in literature a substitute award for the nobel prize for literature kunda is also fiction best known for her novel single the nobel committee canceled this is prize in wake of the sexual harassment. in the united states one of the worst hurricanes in living memory has leveled entire communities across the southeast and michael kitt florida first killing at least six people there and then . thousands of homes some of the astonish was in mexico beach but inland areas also badly damaged residents counting the cost of the months to still. it's two days after hurricane michael crashed through the florida panhandle the scope of the devastation has come into sobering focus. coastal communities such as panama city. and mexico beach show a ruined landscape of splintered homes and toppled trees debris is everywhere. rescue teams are still gathering to search for victims. the destruction continues further inland where the hurricane also left its mark eighty kilometers from the coast the small community of one's town has been hit hard. trees

stories in the news quite a peruvian a writer marcy conti has won the new academy prize in literature a substitute award for the nobel prize in literature conda is also off historical fiction best known for her novel siegel the nobel committee cancel the prize in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. turkey has told washington that it has or do and video proof that saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered the recordings allegedly capture his torture and killing in the south the consulate in istanbul and he was once close to the kingdom's leadership but later became a critic he lived in the u.s. riyadh denies it was behind his disappearance. a massive storm has hit northern australia causing widespread damage the so-called supercell storm brought two leaders and kids the size of tennis balls one woman was injured while shooting her baby and grandmother from the haiti storm a boy is also in a critical condition after being hit by a falling tree. in the united states one of the was her akins in living memory has leveled entire communities across the southeast hurricane michael hit florida first killing at least

the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm has announced this year's nobel prize for chemistry the three recipients are francis h. arnold and george p. smith of the u.s. and britain's gregory p. renter the nobel committee said they'd been given the prestigious award for their work in developing proteins of soft human kinds not chemical the problems she's currently the california institute of and the. next is here to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision and also what this prize really means so these researchers work in different fields so why are they sharing this prize all three harness the power of evolution that's how the nobel prize committee described their achievements they actually brought kind of evolution to chemistry but also to evolution itself because they took control of evolution in a way what they did was to create new proteins and proteins are the basis of all life on earth and they used evolution or principles for this which means that they first. so they first created mutations which means changing the genes and then they selected the most the fitt

else our prospects for survival in the change global climate the royal swedish academy of sciences was awarded this year's nobel prize in economics sciences to william nordhaus and paul.

coordinator from the red cross speaking with us earlier this year's nobel prize for physics has just been announced by the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm it's been awarded in two parts with half going to u.s. scientists arthur ashkan and the other half to a team of two physicists the frenchman gerard maule roo and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the field of laser physics . and derek williams joins us here in the studio to tell us a little bit more about the nobel committee's decision and why exactly they've received this prize tell us a little bit more about laser physics and what they've accomplished these are two fairly widely divergent fields but what they do have in common is laser physics ashton's work involved what are called optical tweezers so they allowed us on a micro he created a tool that allowed us on a microscopic level to to push around things like bacteria and viruses without actually killing them before them we had to actually kill them and fix them place in order to observe them so it allowed us to begin to observing these living systems which obviously

for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel named itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars be the un sanction to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee member. decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believed that we make our decision on the mandate what happened alfred nobel's will sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but being not complete does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no job to hold al-jazeera. or not a sister says she couldn't be more proud of her. cross the question today we a very happy even if she were not my sister and this had been achieved by any of the eight or it would still have raised our heads and made us happy any one of us receiving his prize is like shooting a bullet into the enemy's chest therefore today we have a very proud a

the venue is fitting enough the so-called new academy and now the winner of the alternative to the nobelprize for literature in a library and for good reason the award was decided by librarians as a response to the postponement of this year's nobel. thing here we're doing everything differently we've introduced an open transparent prize without a king or any capital behind it. the winner eighty one year old matisse condé from guadalupe is considered one of the caribbean's leading writers she's the author of more than twenty novels focusing much of her attention on the legacy of colonialism and the way former colonies have struggled to reclaim their losses the global literary community welcomed the naming of condi as prize winner the head of a large publishing house in sweden acknowledged the significance of the announcement . to give most innocent and shallots what this is a love letter to literature at a time when there's no nobel prize for it long and soon it's a tactic you know this can never replace the. purpose of the soul from true. it's possible that a nobel prize for literature w

for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have. sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not complete herschel does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no. zero. it's been a week since the in the nation island of were struck by a magnitude seven point five earthquake that triggered a tsunami the official death toll now stands up almost sixteen hundred and bodies are still being pulled from the rubble with mosques completely destroyed by the six metre high waves friday prayers were held outside military planes were about twenty countries are

the case created a firestorm around the swedish academy, the organization that awards the nobel prize in literature, and resulted in the postponement of this year's top prize for authors. arnault is married to one of the swedish academy's members and the academy has admitted that it was aware e of sexual assault allegagations against him in 196 but took no action. inin sports news, carorolina papanthers safety eric reieid returned to practice for the first time in nine months after the football player spent the better part of a year as an unsigned free agent following his participation in protests during the national anthem led by san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick. speaking to reporters monday wearing a shirt that read "#imwithkap, reid sasaid he wouldn't rule out further protests. >> next year will be 2019. 400 years of systemic oppression , slavery, jim crow, new jim , you mass incarceration name it. the great depression. they come out with a new deal. black people did not have access to those government stimulus packages. the new deal set up what is known as the mode

what a lupin a writer said condé has won the new academy prize in literature a substitute reward for the nobelprize in literature condé is an author of historical fiction best known for her novel. the novel and the nobel committee canceled this year's prize in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. u.s. astronaut nick a and his russian crewmates alexy. have arrived in moscow for further medical checks that's after thursday's so use rocket failure forced them to make an emergency landing both men are said to be in good condition. all right some football now for you and three months ago croatia and england were playing in a world cup semifinal in front of almost eighty thousand fans tonight they meet in very different circumstances there will be no frowns at all this is because of a stadium ban imposed on croatian fans after a swastika was cut into the pitch at a previous game both teams agree the nation's league will be an eerie experience. it was supposed to be an empty come coming croatia take on england in their first home match since reaching the world cup final later on friday but there

in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy the kids of the literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader unsung shooty to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee will she and her fall fellow committee members have decided this year to play it safe i ask to be believe that when we make our decision on the mandate we happen alfred nobel's well sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but being not complete herschel does not reduce the importance of the price in a word them know. how to zero. qatar's shake to me been funny is in argentina as part of a tour of latin america has been working on building new alliances ever since diplomatic crisis broke out in twenty seventeen pitting it against a regional blockade led by saudi arabia daniel swine the reports from one of saddam's. it's a state visit from two countries an opposite sides of t

for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel named itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars be the unsung shooty to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel . peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her fellow committee members that decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the monday to happen for the bills we have sometimes decisions are very controversial sometimes they are last but not complete does not reduce the importance of the prize you know would them know joe know how to zero zero zero zero. susanna sarah king has worked with dr denis mccuaig in the d.r. c. and is a director of international policy and partnership said physicians for human rights she thinks a award house recognized the voices of survivors of sexual violence across the world. but were absolutely overjoyed as is anyone who's ever known or worked with him or especi

now the world swedish academy of sciences and stockholm has announced this year's nobel prize for chemistry the three recipients are francis h. arnold and george p. smith of the u.s. and britain gregory winter the nobel committee said they'd be been given the prestigious award for their work in developing proteins that solve humankind's chemical problems. and let's talk more about that work with derrick williams from d.w. science has been following this story for us so you told me earlier that these researchers actually work in different fields so tell us more about why they are sharing this prize with the economy so that they were they were given the prize based on the scientific revolution based on evolution now so basically what both of these what both of these researchers have in common what the work what all three of these researchers what their work has in common is that they directed evolution to two to produce very particular proteins and proteins are the basis of life and they've been selected over the over hundreds of millions of years and organisms to prolong life there's the que

this year's nobel prize for physics has just been announced by the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm and it's been awarded in two parts the first going to u.s. scientists arthur ashe again and the other half to a team of two physicists frenchman move or and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the field of laser physics. and u.w. science journalist anna sacco is joining me now to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision so and this prize is given to louisa physicists why is that. well because first of all laser physics is a really broad field so the price was actually split into two different discoveries you see so ask in one of four optical tweezer that's the thing that he invented which basically allows you to trap living cells in a laser beam and analyze them while they are still living so this is a real game changer for the field because it's a cheaper method a cheaper technology which is already used around around the world and then the other two strickland they developed a method that is called c.p. and what they were able

meantime now in other news this year's nobel prize for physics has just been announced by the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm and it has been awarded in two parts with half going to the u.s. scientist arthur ashe can and the other half to a team of two physicists the frenchman gerard rowe and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the fields of laser physics. derek williams is here to tell us a little bit more about this decision and to break down what exactly laser physics is first of all derek because i'm not aware are you surprised by the stripes well it wasn't really on anyone's short list to be honest it's also a very diffuse kind of an award it's laser physics is a very broad field in there and they're really giving it you know half and half to these to these to this task and to marie and strickland for really very different accomplishments in the field on the one hand with can you have he manipulates is. biological material with lasers so he's actually using it as a tool so advances in that particular field whereas the advances from ruin strickl

and that's their business this is nobel prize for economics has been awarded to two researches for their work on climate change and innovation the royal swedish academy of sciences said u.s. economists william nordhaus and paul romer received the award for their work integrating innovation and global warming with economic growth along with the prize the two researches will receive a million u.s. dollars economic surprise is not really a nobel prize it was created by the swedish central bank in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine in memory of alfred nobel a bank. i've overcome on from the business joins us to tell us more about these two guys again the other two men who've won the oil exactly tell us a bit more about these mit so william nordhaus of yale university he's called the father of climate change economics he's been doing this kind of research since the seventy's he's a true pioneer in that field and then we have full roam of new york university he's more looking into innovation technological change and how this drives growth they've both been rumored to actually win the nobel prize for a couple of years now and i finally have and i guess it

for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked that we make our decision on the. sometimes. controversial sometimes they are not but not complete their szell does not reduce the importance of the price in a word then no. zero. and take a look at our website for more news dot com. it is good too. you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour on al-jazeera donald trump's pick for the u.s. supreme court brett kavanaugh has narrowly cleared a procedural vote in the senate a final vote of confidence confirmation is expected on saturday republicans say an f.b.i. investigation didn't find any evidence supporting sexual misconduct al

for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader aung sang suu kyi to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee with a she and her four fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have alfred nobel's will sometimes decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not comply herschel does not reduce game. the prize you know would them know. how to zero. voters in latin america's largest democracy go to the polls on sunday polls put the left is fernando a dad in second place behind his far right rival. a latin america editor lucien human has more from brazil's largest city. this son of lebanese immigrants to brazil could not be more different than the left wing legend whose place he is running for president of latin

for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel named itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives up a literature prize and with calls for me on mars b. the un sanction to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighty. the nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee where the she and her fall for the committee members had decided this year to play it safe i ask to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we happen alfred nobel's will sometimes our decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but being not controversial does not reduce the importance of the price in a word them know. how to zero. henrik or doll is the director of the peace research institute he says both recipients are deserving of the honor. these were two of our absolute favorites this mcquaid has been on our list since two thousand and ten. was it was together would then as macrae one of our absolute top favorite states here and this is an extremely important prize and we'r

this is nobel prize for physics has gone to three pioneers in the field of lasers the royal swedish academy recognize the work of american art ask in french miniature odd row i'm canadian dollar strickland who is the first woman for fifty five years to win the award for three help take lasers out of the realm of science fiction and into everyday reality. they did it instruction making objects move with a laser beam without touching them in a t.v. series they called it the tractor beams on if you can't do. it isn't science fiction anymore at least on a macroscopic level. one of the three winners of the nobel prize in physics after ashkan invented a laser light trap known as optical tweezers. it works like a ping pong ball overhead dryer. and lens focus is the laser creating a spot of high light intensity particles are drawn to that point and tell them place the optical tweezers cantrip virus suspect area or other very small living objects without damaging them. the first part of the prize with to be optical to has been extremely important for measuring small forces on individual molecules sm

for victims in a year in which controversy has touched the nobel name itself both with rape allegations against a member of the swedish academy that gives out the literature prize and with calls for me on mars leader and sanctuary to be stripped of her peace prize the two winners of the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize are likely to be considered anything but controversial. i asked the chairwoman of the nobel committee where the she and her fall fellow committee members had decided this year to play it safe i asked to be believe that we make our decision on the mandate we have alfred nobel's will sometimes decisions are very controversial sometimes they are not but not controversial does not reduce the importance of the price in a word them know. how to zero. well not be a moron sr says she's exceedingly proud of. class the question and today we are very happy even if she were not my sister and this had been achieved by any it would still have raised our heads and made us happy any one of us receiving his prize is like shooting a bullet into the enemy's chest therefore today we have a very proud and pleased god wil