palestinian protesters in the gaza strip. we will bring you the latest. ♪ >> thank you for being with us. they eclipsed chancellor angela merkel and beat the pope. this year's nobel peace prize has gone to the relatively unknown tunisian national dialogue quartet. this coalition of civil society groups played a decisive role in the transition to democracy after the revolution of 2011. the road to democracy has been anything but smooth. >> they fought for peace and democracy, but with words instead of weapons. the global spotlight is now on the tunisian national dialogue quartet for its work bringing democracy to the north african nation. >> i think the only weapon against terrorism is dialogue, so it is a good sign. it is a responsibility for us and a good sign for neighboring countries. >> the national dialogue quartet is made up of groups representing human rights, trade, workers, and the justice system. the team negotiated an end to political gridlock that was threatening the transition to democracy. democracy demanded by tunisians in a wave of public protests that launch the air spring movement in 2011. people on the street welcome the nobel committee's decision. >> it is something, the prize. it shows that there are good people among the arabs. there are people who want peace, to live well, who want to blossom, and who love people. >> tunisia's fledgling democracy is the only one to emerge from the arab spring. the adoption of a constitution in january in 2014 and the election of a new president at the end of last year. it was tunisia's first democratic election in decades. >> i congratulate all the political parties which took part in the dialogue which resulted in elections and the new constitution. this was a result of dialogue. we congratulate the national dialogue quartet and the tunisian people. >> poland's former president lek portland's a -- said it was a good choice, but not spectacular. he had someone else in mind. >> mrs. miracle, that would be spectacular. she is trying to solve the immigration problem. it is too early to reward her. >> the award has been applauded i the international community as a beacon of hope for arab spring countries. >> joining us now is an award winning blogger. welcome to the program. do you think the award will create a smoother path on the road to peace in tunisia? >> i think the old is very important for tunisia. it is a reminder of all the sacrifices of the tunisian people and will help in rebuilding democracy in tunisia. it is a tribute to the martyrs, the one that -- the wounded of the revolution, and all the people who resisted in the last five years in tunisia. it will remind civil society represented by the national dialogue quartet of their duties today. it is true that they won this price and tunisia won this price , so it is a good reminder that we should make more efforts now. >> a prize for the people. we understand you are on the ground when the tunisian resolution that revolution broke out. what did you see? >> let me say that i moved to different parts of tunisia, where there were clashes between peaceful tunisians who were facing real bullets and tear gas with bare chest, so let me say that tunisians were trying to make the transition peacefully. they used peaceful means, peaceful demonstrations. they used social networks to inform about what was going on. tunisia succeeded in getting rid of a dictatorship more or less peacefully. >> do you think it is a good thing that the national dialogue quartet is suddenly in the media spotlight? could it affect the work? >> let me say that it is important to have national dialogue quartet under the spotlight today, because i have the impression that people all around the world forgot tunisia a little bit or think of tunisia as a country of terrorists, but this prize is a reminder that there are good people in tunisia, including the people who launched this national dialogue quartet. there are people who are really peaceful trying to change things peacefully, smoothly, without violence, so it is very important to we are not a terrorist country. this prize is proof of that. >> thank you so much for your insights. >> you're welcome. >> tunisia is the cradle of the air spring that spawned popular revolutions across the world. at best they were partially accessible. aborted and resulted in a deadly civil war. even in tunisia, democracy does not come without pitfalls. >> with the fall of the longtime dictator, tunisian set off a wave of revolutions that became known as the arab spring. thousands took to the streets of starting in late 2010, demanding an end to rampant corruption, poverty, and political repression. protesters desire for democracy sparked a movement, which brought down several arab leaders across the region. despite massive uprisings elsewhere, it is only tunisia that was able to pave the path to democracy. along the way, there were many setbacks. in 2013, tunisia came to the brink of civil war went to opposition politicians were allegedly murdered by islamic extremists. the largest labor union called for a national dialogue to be held to form a transitional government to they teamed up with groups representing the business community, human rights, and the justice system. together they formed the national dialogue quartet, a powerful coalition that brought rival groups to the negotiating table. a rewrite the constitution and put it into effect in 2014, and later elected an economist as president of the country. tunisia is suffering from acid economic and social challenges, more than 15% remains unemployed. there are also ongoing acts of terrorism. this year there were two attacks on heavily visited tourist locations, killing 60 people. the violence dealt a major blow to the economy and the new democracy. the road to peace in tunisia is long, that the efforts of people looking to secure it are encouraged and supported by the nobel peace prize. >> here in germany, opposition has been growing to chancellor angela merkel's open-door policy to migrants. now a close political ally has turned on her. the government of the seven seat of bavaria is threatening to take her to court if she fails to take immediate steps to limit the flow of migrants into the country. there is more. >> for days, bavarian state premier horst seehofer has sent clear threats to berlin. either they in the influx of refugees or bavaria will take matters into its own hands. for instance, by taking up its own border patrols. >> we need to reduce immigration in order to successfully integrate those who do come, and we needed to maintain her own security. >> he threatens to close the german boarder for refugees, the border to austria great during the last month, 225,000 people crossed this border and came to bavaria. the very and government feels the other german states are not willing to bear their share of the burden. the german interior minister: bavarian threat not helpful. >> in order to reduce the number of refugees, it won't help to close the border to austria. it would mean sealing off hundreds of kilometers. >> the other 15 german states held a meeting today in the northern city, rejecting the bavarian demand. >> these proposals go away the on what the state government in germany is allowed to do. they can't take a decision to push people back across the border to another country, only the federal government can do that. >> bavarian state premier horst seehofer hr has issued a new threat. the very will take the matter to the constitutional court. >> at the same time that chancellor angela merkel faces a widening rift in her conservative coalition, the chancellor held talks with david cameron outside london. the two met at checkers court, the official country residence. cameron has promised to renegotiate the relationship with the eu. chancellor angela merkel was expected to press him on details on the reforms. also on the agenda, counterterrorism and syria. we are joined fine our correspondent in london. great to see you. chancellor angela merkel and cameron met behind closed doors, what came out of the talks? >> it was very much a private meeting. we don't know whether they had some champagne or not, because there is a lot for them to discuss, a lot of pressing issues, syria, refugee crisis, and eu reform, which is a very pressing issue for david cameron. today saw the launch of one of the many anti-eu campaigns here in the uk, with millionaire donors hacking britain leaving the eu and party support. this is a topic where he needs to move forward. it is also expected up to the polish elections that there will be more details on the issues and more closer negotiations. he really needed to give details to the german chancellor, at least this is what the german side was expecting. >> we know that david cameron wants to give member states more power, can he look to germany for support on that? >> apparently, the ever closer union, which is something the british people disagree with, there is room for maneuver there for maybe a different wording for that, but then there are a lot of problems that remain and are not being sold. we hear from the european side that there is no appetite for treaty change, which is a lengthy process, so this is something that at the moment does not seem very realistic, but david cameron can hope that it will help him. there is this benefit tourism, which is something the german sign test site has been concerned about, tax credits -- -- side has been concerned about, tax credits for extra money from the state, talk that there might be reduction or spans of time where this might not be possible, might be a span of time where people have to work in the united kingdom, so these are issues, but we don't know that many details as of yet. >> our correspondent in london. thank you for your reporting. we still have a lot more to come on ew news. marching against the trade deal. many people in europe will be protesting this weekend. others won't, because they believe the transatlantic deal will boost trade and wealth. we will take a look at the pros and cons. and the hot seat in liverpool, jurgen klopp. all that and more. don't go away. >> welcome back to de-demi-news. our top story. this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded to the tunisian national dialogue quartet. the nobel committee honored the group for establishing a peaceful political process when the north african country was on the brink of civil unrest. tension is high in the west bank following yet another upsurge in violence. there are fears of a third anti-father have to series of stabbing in weeks that have left palestinians and israelis dead. israeli soldiers fired across the gaza border and killed six palestinian protesters. >> amid the latest upsurge in violence, israeli soldiers shot dead at least five palestinians on the border between israel and gaza. eyewitnesses said that earlier dozens of men were throwing stones at forces gathering at the checkpoint. in a few hours on friday, numerous attacks were carried out by a seven's on both sides. in the northern israeli city, an arab woman was shot several times by police and wounded after she tried to step a bus station guard. >> i heard shots and ran towards the station. i saw a female terrorist lying on the ground after she was shot by a view of soldiers from the border police, if i'm not mistaken him and also a regular soldier. i understood that she wanted to stab somebody with a knife. israeli prime minister then jrgen netanyahu said the country was in the midst of a wave of terror and promised to restore security. he and the palestinian president appealed for calm. there was little sign of the tension and violence abating. >> time now for the latest business news. bring us up to speed on the vw emissions scandal. >> thank you. the state of texas has become the latest party to file suit against volkswagen in the ongoing scandal surrounding the rigging of emissions test. authorities say they violated consumer protection laws and clean air standards of the state. the cost of the scandal keep rising, and not only for vw itself. suppliers of large corporations very much depend on their clients success. a german auto supplier celebrated its stock market listing, but with the emissions scandal it was not the often patients -- ostentatious launch they expected. >> this shareholder had hoped for more. the company released about half the value of the shares for the ipo than originally land, an indication of how the vw emissions scandal is affecting suppliers. >> i think it was a right decision, strategically, not to go all in at the beginning. we will just let this play out. >> they produced mostly ball bearings for products from tools to airplanes, but the group generates three quarters of its revenue from the automotive is this, as much as 10% from volkswagen alone. still, the company's main shareholder says it she does not consider the scandal a threat to her business. >> no, i don't think this will cause trouble. people will continue to buy cars and they will continue to buy them. for us, this will not be a big problem. other suppliers are more dependent on volkswagen. the company built special fuel and air filters for the models affected by the scandal. now the supplier faces low demand of its parts, suffering directly from volkswagen's cheating. >> scandals and cheating are not europe's major stock markets advanced friday on the back of asian gates. the german dax managed to make it up through 10,000 for the first time in three weeks. this week's 6% climb is the largest weekly gain in war years. the global rally is being driven by expectations that the united states could possibly wait until next year to hike interest rates, extending the era of cheap money even further. we have seen the gains in europe and in asia. his wall street following the lead? >> yes, we had a pretty strong week on wall street and expectations that the federal reserve might wait a bit longer before its first interest-rate increase, also putting pressure on the dollar. the weaker dollar was one of many reasons why we saw quite a comeback of commodities in the past couple of trading days. oil prices went up by a good 9%. it was oil and commodity stocks leading the pack. we have the best week for the s&p 500 so far this week. the dow jones industrial average for the first time since august, 17,000-point mark. overall, it was a strong week here on wall street. >> uneventful week for many of us here at before we wrap it up, give me a quick outlook for what we can expect next week. >> well, we will see earnings season really start to kickoff. that will be a decisive factor to see if we can continue with the recent rally. we already got the start of the earnings season thursday night when alcoa came up with numbers that actually worked not as good as expected, and that stock was one of the few heavy losers here on wall street. next week, we will get all of the big financials, the bank of america, jp morgan, citigroup, goldman sachs, wells fargo reporting earnings, and then we will get a bit of a better idea of how strong earnings season might be. >> thank you very much. opposition is building up across europe against the transatlantic trade investment partnership. there is a large demonstration scheduled tomorrow in berlin, an organizer sake millions of people have signed a petition against the agreement. the free trade agreement between the eu and usa is highly controversial. opponents don't trust it because it is being negotiated behind closed doors. it would allow the companies to circumvent the law. supporters say it would remove trade barriers and help both europe and the united states to prosper. here is more. >> opponents in berlin last week resorted to singing to get their message across to german economic ministers. gabriele does not see any chance of an agreement being reached install trade talks, but he also says dropping the entire project is not the answer either. >> my urgent advice to those who want to regulate global trade is that they shouldn't balk when it comes to negotiating with the cradle of globalization. instead, they should step up confidently as europeans. in the end, they can always say no. it is aimed at making trade easier to give a boost to the two continents and create a market of 800 million people. that is what german business is counting on from midsize companies to global conglomerates. the banking on it and -- on and into to import tariffs which was a billions of years. production standards can make manufacturing cheaper. foreign investors would be protected by a resolution process. critics say that that is a parallel legal system which would undermine democratically -based courts and judiciaries. they reject u.s. technology such as fracking or genetic manipulation. they fear the loss of hard-one workers rights. >> we think europe is a strong economic power and can generate potential from within. we also know that there is lots of trade without this agreement. so how much added value does this treaty bring? >> opponents are drumming up more resistance, and berlin streets could look like this again on saturday when organizers expect more than 50,000 people to turn up for the latest anti-treaty demonstration. >> before we go, spain has lots of sunshine and very little money and government coffers, so some bright spark in the spanish government has come up with a clever idea. why not put a tax on sunlight? yes, really. it was approved by the spanish parliament today. it means that owners of solar power agreement will now be taxed for the energy they produce and store in batteries. opposition parties are less than thrilled. the new tax does not really motivate people to use renewable energy and strengthens traditional power companies instead. the next thing we will be taxing his fresh air. that is it for me. >> well, he has charmed --, next the premier league. jurgen klopp has a new job as liverpool's coach. the biggest job in world football. he was confident of success if given enough time. here is more. >> the moment that liverpool's new manager walked onto the stage, a lot of expectation on jurgen klopp, but liverpool was an offer he cannot turn down. >> the intensity of the football , how the people live football in liverpool, so it is not normal or usual club. it is a special club. >> jurgen klopp has high hopes for his time with the club. >> there is a special liverpool way we can be successful, but we can wait for it of course. i don't want to say we have to wait 20 years. i will sit here in four years. i think we will have one one title in this time. i'm pretty sure. if not, the next one, maybe switzerland. >> jurgen klopp has a positive impact on the press. the next step is to make an impression on the premier league. >> thank you for watching dw news. we will see her again at the 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