the nobel committee. seemed to illustrate that people were not entirely taken aback by this when they would have two questions about the b. two movement the nobel committee the nobel foundation rather of course touched by the me to be because of the postponement literature prize this year with one of the swedish academies members accused of sexual improprieties was this in any way to do with the decision to award the prize to those fighting sexual violence and she said well it would be to movement and war crimes are not quite the same thing are they but she said they do have something in common the protection of women encouraging women to come out of the shadows and speak up for themselves but we can now speak to bell kiss who is a senior iraq researcher human rights watch is joining us live now from the lebanese capital beirut thank you for talking to us i can only imagine that you must be delighted at the emphasis of the nobel committee has given to the issues surrounding the use he does in the sexual a

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 fittest ones and this is called directed evolution directed evolution all sounds very fascinating but there's three winners here and i want to start with francis arnold what exactly did she do so she worke

the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty eight team two dennis machir and now their member rod for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes. dennis mccrary gate is the hill who has devoted his life to defending these victims. rod is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others each of them in their own way. has hill to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions that are going to aim has war now or one of this year's laureates. nudge him a rod refused to be shamed and refused to be silenced four years ago i saw fighters attacked her village in northern iraq she was taken captive and sold repeatedly for sex for the lebanese. he humiliated me every day he forced me to wear clothes that didn't cover my body i was tortured i tried to flame but one of the gods stopped me and that night he beat me he ask

influenced the nobel committee to make this great choice to the most deserving winners but it's clear that. the set of issues around continuing sexual violence ranging from sexual violence and conflicts which is what dr macwhich in puns.

back so she has connections to germany as well but this is this is quite a statement for the nobel committee putting a spotlight on sexual violence as a weapon of war yeah i mean after all the alfred nobel when he dedicates the prize way back when and before he his death in eighteen or after it was in his will when he died in one thousand nine hundred five he talks about disarmament brotherhood and peace settlements it was a very conventional piece gender as it were. as you would say that now i think this is this is resetting the agenda this is rewriting the agenda and saying that violence is a weapon of war violence against women is completely unacceptable and is now the focus of our attention it will be punished it will be viewed as a crime against humanity and this will be this will give a basis for international agencies to operate much more thoroughly against crimes against women i'm sure so this could could at least serve as as an incentive to some degree for those who are trying to address the problem of sexual violence as a weapon of war for dennis mccoy himself it'll be an incredibl

in the region nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty eighteen to dennis mcrib yeah and now down the road for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and conflict. both florio have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and come back to such war crimes. dennis mcrib to is the hill who has devoted his life to defending these victims. the rod is the witness who tales of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others each of them in their own way. has him to give greater visibility to war time sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions. the physician then is mccreary again has spent large parts of his i don't life helping victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo since the pouncey hospital was established in but kabul in two thousand and eight dr mccoy and his staff have treated thousands of patients who have four victims to such assaults. most of the abuses have been committed in the context of a long lasting civil war that has cost the lives of more than

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 had huge ramifications for fields like biology. on on the other hand the work done by more rw and and by strickland is it's about high intensity compact laser system so when you're creating a laser you have this problem with your amplifier the certain point the laser just gets so hot and so intense that it destroys it melts the fire they figured out a work around or on that called chirked

the norwegian nobel committee uses this year's peace prize to take a stand against sexual violence as a weapon of war. as the scale of the disaster grows we have special coverage of the aftermath of indonesia's earthquake and tsunami. campaigning ends in brazil ahead of sunday's presidential election thirteen contenders but it's a two man race and arpita summit with all the sports including a u.f.c. faceoff with only one face on a mcgregor upsets he's opponent by turning up late to a news conference in las vegas. the nobel peace prize has been awarded to two people leading the fight against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in iraq he has the the activist was forced into sex slavery by eisel and now campaigns for justice she's been honored so to congolese dog said dennis who helps victims of rape in the democratic republic of congo and as in the award and also the norwegian committee said it wants this year's prize to send a message that perpetrators of sexual crimes need to be held responsible in the region nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for tw

the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty eighteen to dennis machir and. for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes. dennis mcrib is the hill who has devoted his life to defending these victims. rod is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others each of them in their own way. has him to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions across one journal whole was that a heavy announcement. so the two thousand and eighteen nobel peace prize awarded here in oslo this morning in part a surprising part of house not a joint award given to dennis mccuaig of the congolese doctor and gynaecologist and nadia more rather a member of the yazidi minority subject to sexual abuse by ice field when it attacked and tried to wipe out her minority group in two thousand and four to denis mccuaig a very well known he'

economic growth and global warming awarding the prize to william nordhaus and paul romer the nobel committee said it was honoring two economists who've been tackling the most urgent questions of our age climate change and sustainable economic growth this year's laureates provide us with tools that are crucial for understanding how the economy interacts with nature and with knowledge and which policies help generate sustained and sustainable long term economic growth. william de nordhaus is a professor at yale university and an expert on environment and climate economics you combines economics with natural sciences to show how the economy changes the climate even as climate change affects the economy nordhaus shares the prize with paul m. romer of new york university romas work focuses on how innovation drives prosperity the problems of developing countries and the distribution of wealth both laureates of advice governments and international financial institutions in the past. they both welcome the prize which comes with the million dollar check a lot of things almost didn't quite work out. i

the nobel committee has announced the joint with so this year's peace prize denis mukwege and not to move. i'll just zero has been granted exclusive international rights to interview the winners after the awards ceremony here in oslo in december the nobel interview on al-jazeera. sexual violence as a weapon of war this year's nobel peace prize winners are campaigners determined to prevent attacks while the prestigious award provide a much larger platform for survivors of sexual violence this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm a mage i'm joined from the need to movement to the distinguished nobel peace prize more light is being shed on the prevalence of sexual violence in war and peace the un has called gender based violence a global pandemic laura burden manly reports the fight against sexual violence is a weapon of war is being honored by the nobel committee joint peace prize winners were announced on friday in the region nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty eighteen to dennis macwhich yeah and. for their efforts to end the use of

in the region nobel committee to. has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty eight to dennis mcrae via. iraq for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and conflict. both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes. dennis mccririck it is the him who has devoted his life to defending these victims. rod is the witness who tales of the abuses perpetrated against herself and of those each of them in their own way. has him to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions. and let's find out more about this year's winner nadia murat has been a leading figure in bringing attention to sexual violence in armed conflict was one of the thousand yazidi women who were abducted from their home villages and held by the so-called islamic state as sex slaves after three months of captivity in i. was able to escape and has since been resettled in germany and dennis macwhic

will will favor the issue again because of course are out throughout history the nobel committee has highlighted on a pretty regular basis the issue of nuclear disarmament do you think that they might go for that again this year. they might the threat is still here of course and both north korea the united states and south korea have not yet joined this treaty which means that there's a lot of work left to do for us so it could be of course that they want to highlight this again but at the same time there's a lot of other issues also in the world going on but the nuclear threat is still here. this award was given to us for the work with the treaty on the formation of new opens but it's of course also a tool for the future so we hope both that we can use a noble peace prize and that the nobel committee will continue to keep an eye on this issue and how would you feel what would be your personal feelings about the possible awarding of the prize to to say the south korean president and indeed the north korean president the north korean chairman i should say kim jong un because many peop

in 2007, the committee received the nobel peace prize for his efforts.has faced criticism from fellow scientists. thousands of leads emails in 2009 call people to adapt their impartiality. an excellent on climate policy works for the ngo german watch. welcome to dw. this report calls for 45% reduction in global co2 emissions by 2030. it says we need to reduce coal mining 20. the question is how you do that? >> the report is a very good job in making this case. you have to look at the first section of the report that looks at the impacts we would face with two degrees of warming. they are catastrophic in some parts of the world. you want to avoid the destruction of communities and have to act now. with two degrees of warming, we can have no coral reefs left. they are not just nice to look at what the basis for fisheries are people who are depending on them for their livelihood. you could have droughts in the mediterranean region and in africa that will be much worse at two degrees than 1.5 degrees. people who depend on agriculture for their livelihood in

joint peace prize winners were announced on friday in the region nobel committee has decided to awardthe nobel peace prize for twenty eighteen to dennis mcveigh yeah and. for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and conflict. dr mccuaig had treated thousands of victims of rape in the democratic republic of congo and has repeatedly condemned governments for not doing enough to stop sexual abuse. now the mirage is an iraqi has eady who is attacked by isis fighters and have village north in iraq four years ago she's campaigned for justice ever some. rape in modern day conflict is being seen in many parts of the world. was added to the un's list in april i am a security forces accused of targeting the hindu women and girls. it's not a new phenomenon during the bosnian war more than twenty years ago some estimates put the number of women raped during the conflict at up to fifty thousand and during the nine hundred ninety four genocide in rwanda human rights watch said it may never know how many women were raped it's not just sexual violence in war that's makin

joint peace prize winners were announced on friday in the region nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for twenty eighteen to dennis mcveigh yeah and. for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and conflict. dr mcquire gay had treated thousands of victims of rape in the democratic republic of congo and has repeatedly condemned governments for not doing enough to stop sexual abuse. now the mirage is an iraqi has eady who is attacked by isis fighters and have village not in iraq four years ago she's campaigned for justice ever some. rape in modern day conflict is being seen in many parts of the world. was added to the un's list in april i am a security forces accused of targeting the hindu women and girls. it's not a new phenomenon during the bosnian war more than twenty years ago some estimates put the number of women raped during the conflict as up to fifty thousand and during the nine hundred ninety four genocide in rwanda human rights watch said it may never know how many women were raped it's not just sexual violence in war that's ma

how much do you think the need to movement has as played an inspiration in the nobel committee awarding the peace prize this year to these recipients well i certainly can't comment on all the things that influenced the nobel committee to make this great choice to the most deserving winners but it's clear that. the set of issues around continuing sexual violence ranging from sexual violence and conflicts which is what dr mccuaig and ponzi has focused on to continuing sexual assault and sexual violence across various success sayat is really everywhere in the world is a problem that has been under reported underappreciated and where the response to often has been woefully bad so across the board whether it's a better response to the crisis of sexual violence and insecurity in the congo to problems of sexual assault across also thought is the world we really have to do a better job and it's our great hope that this prize given to these extraordinary people will refocus people on on this and tell us all that we just have to do a better job zanny you just heard tony talk about the fact that y

the norwegian nobel committee. peace prize to take a stand against sexual violence as a weapon of war. as the scale of the disaster grows we have special coverage of.

how he felt about the nobel committee highlighting this issue. for many i conceive in my country for many people even don't understand what it means. to hate. as they were before they even don't understand how rape can destroy not only the victim but how our help is destroying the family as a community and or as a country. and i think that to really put attention on this question for me is very important women are really fighting a lot to break silence when this question started in this region it was very difficult even when you have evidence that. the women who was hurt and the she have a choice wounded in a very bad way or genital most of the trial and the men who come with us and reasons because it was a shame for to talk about what's happened. but today i can see that women are more strong. to come directly to the hospital in order to put this and say see what happened to me and i nor who is responsible for it i think that to talk about it is a way. to just to look to the perpetrators that if you mess. against me. everyone will know and the s

or not your mourad has issued a statement thanking the nobel committee for sharing and the peace prize on her website not his initiative she said i am incredibly honored and humbled by their support and i share this award with his say these iraqis can other persecuted minorities and all of the characters victims of sexual violence around the world. two years ago ninety more out was one of the winners of the european parliament sakharov prize for freedom of thought she said the award with. another using the woman who was sold into sexual slavery by sliming state they spoke to d.w. smocks hoffman in brussels about their fight for justice. do you have hope for those that are still in iraq at the moment. for me it is not whether we have hope or not. it can mostly should combat dyess tata but we should foresee interaction between diaspora in iraq and syria. really bothered to hurt but then will be diminished as a force and diaspora lose ground and then we will liberate the girls and women in an easier way. than are done and so it is not a question of hope can we have to combat die as though

campaign or not you're more were recognized for their efforts to end the use of rape in warfare nobel committee chairwoman bearings and i sanderson made the announcement in oslo. both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes. each of them in their own way. has helped to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions. then this mcquaid game is a gynecologist who's devoted his life to treating victims of sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo now hear more about is a u.c.d. human rights activist under survivor of islamic state atrocities in iraq. nadia moved out has been kidnapped tortured and sold into sex slavery no just twenty five she's been awarded a nobel peace prize for her efforts to stop it happening to other women in twenty fifteen she recounted her experience at the hands of a soldier the so-called islamic state. he humiliated any every day he gave me clothes that didn't cover my body i could no longer bear the rape and torture so why escaped. but

. >> reporter: congolese doctor denis mukwege celebrated the news at his hospital, the nobel committeeling him "the helper who has devoted his life to defending and healing victims of rape." nadia murad of iraq was honored as "the fearless witness who risked her life to tell the abuses perpetrated against herself and others." >> both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on and combating such war crimes. >> reporter: in 2014, murad fought back after escaping isis in iraq, who kidnapped and raped her for three months. the militant group killed her mother and six of her brothers. she risked being recaptured and death to publicly speak out about the abuse of her and thousands of other women, even addressing the u.n. last year. >> i cannot understand why you are letting isis get away with it. >> reporter: at 25, she is the second youngest nobel recipient, behind malala yousafzai. dr. mukwege has treated thousands of women, who were raped by militias and government soldiers during decades of conflict in central africa. in 1999, he opened his own hospital where he

and dairy koreans joins me now to tell us about the nobel committee's decision first of all thanks for joining us the nobel committee called this work a landmark in the fight against cancer why is that well it's a landmark because in the past the treatments that we've always used to fight again to fight cancer the traditional treatments conventional treatments involved chemotherapy or radiotherapy or surgery so you had the doctors basically from outside the body trying to get into the body and stop the cancer that was unfortunately it's ineffective way to fight cancer quite often cancer is able to avoid those those those therapies and so this particular therapy does is it harnesses the the immune system itself the body's immune system itself in order to fight against the cancer which is what makes it actually a landmark a new paradigm if you will of this kind of treatment and where reporting that it functions as a brake on the immune system but what does it all mean explain it in late well the immune system the way the immune system works is that it has to be able to recognize what is

hashe nobel committee decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2018 to denis mukwege and nadia murador their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. amy: dr. denis mukwege founded the panzi hospital in the democratic republic of congo in 1999. the clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery as a result of sexual violence. nadia murad is a 25-year-old yazidi kurdish human rights activist from iraq. she was kidnapped and held by the islamic state for almost three years. during her captivity, she was repeatedly raped, held as a sex slave, she said. in 2009, denis mukwege appeared on democracy now! along with eve ensler. i asked him to talk about how he got involved in fighting sexual violence. is a particularly difficult situation. for the past 10 years, at the hospital we have women that are not only raped, but have been tortured and their genitals have literally been destroyed. young.y are often they are at the beginning of their youth. conditione in such a fecals are and coming out. it is hard to take care of t

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're very very enthusiastic about it i think there are multiple reasons why this became the issue that took a mobile company wanted to record this year i mean we have of course the the me two campaign which brought the issue broadly of sexual violence to the top of the global agenda but there is also the recognition off the change that we've seen

the norwegian nobel committee will announce this year's winner of the nobel peace prize shortly the committee has received three hundred thirty one nominations the second highest number of candidates ever the selection process is highly secretive but there has been a lot of speculation over who might win the coveted award this year among those put forward this year are the syrian civilians rescue group white helmets u.s. anti surveillance activist edward snowden and german chancellor angela merkel last year's winner was the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. and we will be bringing you live coverage of the announcement at the top of the next hour to tune in for watching d.w. news see you see you in just few minutes. here's what's coming up for the book is leave you have plenty to talk about here one that it's time to take a look at what all that means for the paper of course. the bundesliga every weekend here on t.w. .

. >> the norwegian nobel committee. >> reporter: a doctor from the congo and an iraq activist are theinners of this year's peace prize putting a spotlight on the use of rape and sexual assault in conflicts around the world. >> each of them in their own way has helped to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence. >> reporter: denis mukwege is a well-known congo surgeon who has been nominated before. he treats victims. gang-rape and other forms of sexual violence. the other winner nadia murad was just 19 when she was kidnapped by isis militants. she was raped and tortured for three months before escaping to a refugee camp. she eventually made her way to europe where she has become a strong voice in support of victims everywhere. >> as a victim and person i send a message to the world. >> reporter: the "#metoo" movement brought heightened attention to sexual misconduct to the workplace and socially. the nobel committee says that movement is linked with today's award because both are about finding justice. >> justice is everyone's business. local, national and international autho

speculation is growing about who might win the nobel peace prize the twenty eighteen the nobel committee will announce the winner on friday al-jazeera has been awarded the exclusive international rights to interview the winner after the awards ceremony in december watch on rival coverage of the nobel peace prize on al-jazeera. and one of the top stories on our syria western countries have united to accused russia of running a global campaign of cyber attacks to undermine the democracies. mass burials are being held in indonesia as the country continues its recovery effort on the island of pseudo ways each other in last friday's earthquake and tsunami at least one thousand four hundred twenty four people known to have died. u.s. vice president mike pence has accused china of interfering with american politics and technology a week after the president accused beijing of meddling in the upcoming midterm elections. iraq's new prime minister has to choose a cabinet and present it to parliament within thirty days. of the mahdi's government to survive it also have to tackle the more pressing pr

thank you for joining us the nobel committee said this is really a landmark in the fight against cancer why is that traditionally and there's always been three different approaches to kind of getting rid of cancer and they all came from outside the body there were surgery there's radiotherapy and there was chemotherapy so we were always trying to trying to destroy it from the outside now those all of those approaches together generally were not always effective or often weren't effective or they didn't get all of the cancer especially in patients where it had been task and so for a very very long time doctors have wanted to harness the body's own immune system to attack cantrips so but there are a lot of problems involved in doing that and these researchers managed to overcome those problems ok can you break down the key findings here in lay terms. the immune system is is an extremely complex system it's the immune system has to recognise cells in the body that are self that belong to your body and cells that are or invaders that are non-self now otherwise because otherwise if they're n

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 controversial does not reduce the importance of the prize in a word then no. oslo. joining us live now is tony gambino executive director of the panzi foundation which was started by dotson mccuaig a thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us and presumably you know and of what closely with dr dennis mcguire through the years what can you tell us about his reaction to winning the nobel prize and what it means to him thank you i've known dr macwhich for about fifteen years and today he actually was at his hospital in bukavu in eastern congo performing surgery he had not heard anything he doesn't take his telephone of course into the operating room so he was finishing an operation and he said that he heard a lot of women making an enormous amount of noise and he realized that they were. raising their v

france's on alternatives george smith of the united states and britain's gregory when study the nobel committee said they've been chosen for their work in developing protein should solf human kinds of chemical problems for. us first lady malaria trump has laid of beef cattle in guyana where african slaves were held before being sent across the atlantic governor is the first stop of mrs trump's a five day talk she will also visit to malawi kenya and egypt. meanwhile her husband u.s. president donald trump is facing heavy criticism from fellow republicans for blocking christine blasi for the woman who says she was assaulted by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh said i said jeff flake described the president's comments as appalling while senator susan collins said his comments were just plain wrong mr trump made the comments at a campaign rally in mississippi thirty six years ago. i had one beer. right i had one beer. well you know there was one there oh good how did you get home i don't remember how did you get there i don't remember where is the place i don't remember how many years ago was i

economic growth and global warming awarding the prize to william nordhaus and paul romer the nobel committee said it was honoring two economists who've been tackling the most urgent questions of our age climate change and sustainable economic growth this year's laureates are provide us with tools that are crucial for understanding how the economy interacts with nature and with knowledge and which policies help generate sustained and sustainable long term economic growth. william de nordhaus is a professor at yale university and an expert on environment and climate economics you combines economics with natural sciences to show how the economy changes the climate even as climate change affects the economy nordhaus shares the prize with paul m. romer of new york university romas work focuses on how innovation drives prosperity the problems of developing countries and the distribution of wealth. both laureates advised governments and international financial institutions in the past they both welcomed the prize which comes with a million dollar check although things almost didn't quite work out.

the nobel committee said the congolese gynaecologist, denis mukwege, and the yazidi human rights activistade a "critical contribution" to the fight against sexual violence in conflicts. let's go live to washington now where we can talk to tony gambino, executive director of the panzi foundation, which was founded by dr denis mukwege. thank you for speaking to us. tell us thank you for speaking to us. tell us about doctor miracle! doctor denis mukwege is an extraordinary man, i have known him for about 15 yea rs man, i have known him for about 15 years and i really don't know anyone who combines his commitments to justice, his skill, he is an extraordinary surgeon, his courage, he survived assassination attempt six years ago, yet he chose to go back to exactly where people tried to murder him, to continue his work and with all that, he remains an extraordinarily humble man. he is an amazing man. we have heard about women celebrating outside of the clinic where he operates from, we've heard from the former head of the un hci who recommended him ten years ago for the work he was doing. why d

the nobel committee has announced the joint witness of this year's peace prize denis mukwege and not to move around al-jazeera has been granted the exclusive international rights to interview the winners after the awards ceremony here in oslo in december the nobel interview on al-jazeera. from cutting edge medical technology toxic venom could be a vast resource for the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the most difficult regions of the world. that ends. up the worst. side ever. innovative solutions to global health care problems to make a difference maybe all of those were good it sure was still the cure on al-jazeera . al-jazeera every. hello london these are the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. is stepping up pressure on saudi arabia to explain that this appearance of a journalist. who hasn't been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul last tuesday he was secretary of state my pump a national security adviser john bolton and white house aide jared cushion are of all asked saudi prince mohammed bin solomon for more information about disappearance presid

. >> the nobel committee. they are the winners of this year's nobel peace prize.s puts a spotlight on the use of rape and sexual assault around the world. >> each of them in their own way, has helped to give greater disability to wartime sexual violence >> he's been nominated before. he's a surgeon. he specializes in treating victims of sexual violence. the other winners is 19. she was kidnapped by militants. she was raped and tortured for three months before she escaped. she made her way to europe, she has become a strong voice in support of victims. >> translator as a victim and human, i send a message to the world. the award comes as the me too movement has brought attention to assault in the workplace. the nobel committee says that movement is linked to today's award because it's about finding justice. >> justice is everybody's business. local, national and international authorities alike, have a shared responsibility. >> reporter: the me too movement has affected the committee. >> we are hearing from the san francisco artist who created the image of christine

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 the importance of the price in a word then no jo to how to zero. thousands of women and children who were captured along with eisel fighters after the defeat in iraq of being kept in detention facilities these women are from around forty countries human rights watch is urging those nations to repatriate them and to hold fair trials if they had direct links with the group as a solid and job had met some of them and i'm on the iraq syria border. the children in a nice or camp in syria tease each other and play like most others their age but because their family members lived in the rice they are not treated like ordinary children their movements are restricted just like their mothers who are married do i see fighters or supporters. could leader is among them she was b

the nobel peace committee has not been able to reach either of them. scenes of wild celebration there for denis mukwege, but he was in surgery and could not talk! he still doesn't know he has been awarded this but what a wonderful story. after last year's winner which was an organisation working against nuclear arms, what we have this year is a certain synchronicity with the award of these two people, fitting in with these two people, fitting in with the #metoo movement. the aim of the committee was to draw attention to the crime of perpetrating sexual violence against women as a weapon of war. denis mukwege has been on the shortlist for a very long time but finally he has been awarded. hopefully, someone will get through to him later. we will hear how he reacts. he is seen as a worthy winner. very different but united in one purpose. time now for the weather forecast. we've got some glorious sunshine across scotland and northern ireland but it is turning chilly. we've got any area of rainfor turning chilly. we've got any area of rain for northern engl

who has described rape as a weapon of mass destruction the norwegian nobel committee praised macwhich for repeatedly condemning impunity for mass rape and criticizing the congolese government and other countries for not doing enough to stop sexual violence against women as a strategy and weapon of war. and have been celebrations that located ways panzi hospital in the eastern congo city of kabul. dr mackay gray was in surgery when the announcement was made and says he could hear people reacting to the on tenure with his colleagues and patients dancing in chairing he says the prize shows the voices of women are being heard and another picture of the staff celebrating has been shared on twitter it says outbursts of joy in panzi hospital it's not every day one receives a nobel prize but no time to stop dentist is in the operating theatre a patient is waiting continues well it's now speak to a certain who's the director of international policy and partnerships at physicians for human rights and she's worked with dr mccuaig in the d.r. see she's via skype from iceland thank you very much f

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 six people there and then destroying thousands of homes some of the was damage was in mexico beach but inland