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

coverage from oslo norway we've been listening to barrett rice anderson the chair of the norwegian nobel committee she's just announced the winners of this year's nobel peace prize the award has been given jointly to denis mccuaig and not the more rod for there for raising greater visibility wartime violence so that the perpetrators can sexual violence wartime sexual violence so that the perpetrators can be held to account with me in the studio as our senior correspondent peter craven peter not a huge surprise what can you tell us about these two winners not a great surprise you're right terry knew that had been a lot of speculation about whether the the award would go to the korean peninsula somehow the two korean leaders having forged a breakthrough as it's been seen in recent times also with the help in inverted commas of donald trump a lot of speculation that he would go and that are. action but i must say that i personally was hoping that there was mccuaig and not him or her out would get this award as they have because it sends out the message we've heard it here sexual violence is a grave i

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'

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 twenty eighteen to dennis mcclure yeah and now german 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 is the hill who has devoted his life to defending these victims. is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against her and others each of them in their own way. to give great visibility to war times. so that the perpetrator is. accountable for their actions. from human rights watch and she says the nobel committee is sending a message to the victims of sexual assault they shouldn't have to wait for justice any longer this recognition is so badly needed you know any iraq also in syria you have thousands and thousands of women who are victim to abuse by this including sex slavery and other forms of sexual violence these women to date have not seen any day in court ha

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. 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.

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. well to indonesia now west search and rescue team say more than a felon and people could be buried in a housing complex flattened by last week's earthquake and with hope of finding survivors fading there's growing anger that rescue operations didn't start sooner andrew thomas reports from the scene of a collapsed hotel where bodies are still being pulled from the rubble. that's what was the row row hotel there still digging and still finding bodies after the horn sounds the machinery briefly stops and the body is carried out but it's not debbie one side as husband his body is still somewhere inside last friday he was staying at the hotel on business the couple spoke to in the afternoon three hours later their worlds collapsed. and his son drove eighteen hours straight here. when we arrived

the norwegian nobel committee uses this year's peace prize to take a stand against sexual violence as a weapon of war. in china react strongly to american accusations that it seeking to defeat president trump. we meet the italian scientists who are hoping to find a way to explain the mystery of invisible objects in the. it's been a week since the indian easy and island of siller ways he was struck by a magnitude seven point five earthquake that triggered a tsunami the official death toll stands at almost sixteen hundred but bodies are still being pulled from the devery with mosques completely destroyed by the six metre high tsunami waves friday prayers were held outside military planes from around twenty countries are flying in with much needed aid and the united nations says they've fifteen million dollars to the relief effort as wayne hay reports from palo many sleeping in the open waiting for assistance. people here escape the earthquake and tsunami but the fight for survival goes on in palo parks have become refugee camps for those who have nowhere else to go their houses were des

correspondent peter craven right now we are waiting for barrett thrice anderson the chair of the norwegian nobel committee to emerge from the door through that door there in all the low that we saw just a moment ago there were looking in the room now and she is expected to make the announcement any second now with me is peter craven as i mentioned to peter the nominations for the peace prize are kept secret than what about the doors opening this is right there before we can even begin to talk about. the announcement of the nobel peace prize for twenty eight. good morning.

. >> 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

. >> the norwegian nobel committee >> brangham: the decision to award the prize to an iraqi survivorwartime sexual violence and a congolese doctor who treats such survivors was especially significant given the world's growing e cognition of idemic of violence against women. >> we want to send a message of awareness that women who constitute half of the population in most communities actually are used as a weapon of war and that they need protection, and that the perpetrators have to beut prosec and held responsible >> brangham: prize winner nadia inrad, a member of the small yazidi religious mity in iraq, escaped from enslavement e the islamic state and became a fighter for thoso've survived human trafficking. trad was 21 when isis militants captured, raped,ortured r back in 2014. during three months in captivity, she was bought and sold forex multiple times. after her escape, murad showed remarkable candor in telling her story. she quickly became a well known advocate for victims of sex trafficking, and fought to protect the rights of refugees in europe. in 2016, she spoke at the un

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

ballarat to remember the earthquake and tsunami we're going to weather update next here on the norwegian nobel committee news is this year's peace prize to take a stand against sexual violence as a weapon of war. i was on the iraq syria border and i'll tell you why thousands of women and children previously associated with are stranded with no future prospects. from dusky sunsets over sprawling savannah. to summarize the top and asian metropolis. hello again what we are seeing some rain showers here across the southern parts of the caspian clouds moving through back who and over here towards tehran of the next day rain is going to be on the increase we do have a front that settling down so twenty four degrees for tehran as we go towards sunday we do think that time is going to be coming down to probably about twenty degrees for you and out here towards quite city well finally down below the forty degree mark we expect to see your high temperature on sunday maybe coming up to about thirty nine degrees there while not looking too bad across much of the gulf region as well as the arabian peninsula but we a

the norwegian nobel committee said both of them had put their personal security at risk to do so.ealised the hospital was treating women who had been gang rates and had to shift the focus and is now an international expert in repairing the internal damage caused to women. nadia murad was kidnapped. she came out to tell her story. the nobel committee said she had showed uncommon courage in doing so. speaking up on behalf of about 3500 victims, women who went what she did. they said she had refused to accept the social codes which meant she was supposed to be ashamed of what happened and to stay silent. two extraordinary people at the un has said it is a fantastic award. they are an absolutely, listening to you, people who haven't heard of these two individuals will be learning more about them now. two extraordinary people. the nobel peace committee has not been able to reach either of them. they were trying to call them on the phone. one of my colleagues got through to the hospital in eastern congo and a p pa re ntly the hospital in eastern congo and apparently there were scenes of

al-jazeera this is the scene live in the norwegian capital as we await the announcement of this year's nobel peace prize. good morning. 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

fully back to our reminder of our top stories the nobel peace prize has been jointly awarded to dennys mccuaig a n.i. general ride the norwegian committee says it wanted to use this year's award to honor those fighting sexual violence as a weapon of war u.s. senators have advanced donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sconce from ation with a procedural vote the republican controlled senate voted fifty one to forty nine for a likely final vote on his confirmation on saturday and limited debate on the controversial nominee. and they have been mass burials in indonesia one week after an earthquake and tsunami killed more than sixteen hundred people hundreds of thousands of people are still waiting for food and medicine. now it's an unusual attack on a close ally but u.s. person donald trump has been taking on saudi arabia for not doing enough to pay for american military support he made these remarks or at least two times in a week on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections we defend countries that are very rich they don't buy us or they pay us a small percentage like saudi arabia which is say they have so money so

the nobel peace prize has been jointly awarded to dr denis play gay and morag the norwegian committee says it wanted to use this year's award to honor those fighting sexual violence as a weapon of war and friday prayers in indonesia have been held outside after mosques were destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami one week ago hundreds of thousands of people are still waiting for food and medicine nearly sixteen hundred more than sixteen hundred in fact have been killed. women and children detained after the defeat of i saw in iraq are being held in detention facilities human rights watch is urging nations to repatch their citizens and hold. trials for those accused of being associated with the armed group osama bin job it has more from on the iraqi syria border. the children in the niece or camp in syria tease each other and play like most others their age but because their family members lived in their eye so they're not treated like ordinary children their movements are restricted just like their mothers who are married to i say fighters or supporters could leader is among them she