Nobel Peace Prize: Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is winner for 2019

Nobel Peace Prize: Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is winner for 2019

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Ethiopian PM given prize for efforts to ‘achieve peace and international cooperation.’ His peace deal with Eritrea ended a 20-year military stalemate following a border war between the two nations. Also, casualties increase as Turkey continues its offensive into Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria, and we look back at the life of singer Karel Gott - the ‘Sinatra of the East.’