>> thousands turn out to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. >> from aljazeera's headquarters in doha, also ahead, a new government offers a message of hope in yemen but struggles to establish its authority. >> 2 million catalans take part in a vote to demand independence from spain. >> remembering the fallen in britain and across the word on

the 100th anniversary of the first word war. >> thousands of people ever turned out in the german captain cool to mark the 25t 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. chancellor angela merkel led the tribute to hundreds killed trying to breach the hated symbol of the cold war. nick spicer is following events in the german capitol. ♪ >> peter gabriel sang "heroes," written during the old war by david bowie. a fitting tribute on a day that marked the triumph of people power over the east german

leadership. earlier in the day, the german chancellor remembered the east germans who died trying to flee to the west before the wall came down. >> it showed that we have the power to shape our destiny and make things better. that is the message of the fall of the wall. it is directed at germany, ours in europe and the world, especially in ukraine, syria, iraq, other areas where rights are violated. >> this man shows travel documents a understands remembers taking the first train in the morning to wait for hours at the check point. >> we crossed and stood in west berlin. it is to this day an overwhelming memory. it's a strange feeling now to see the gate from the western side. it's something you will never forget. >> as part of the festivities, balloons lined a long path

through the city. the wall divided a country, a city and the world. >> then they were set free to fly over the capitol of a rue unified germany, a symbol of the struggle for liberty and powerful of peaceful change, even when it seems impossible. >> let's hear more from berlin. celebrations still very much in full swing there as we can see behind you. it is one of those events in history, where everyone remembers where they were when the berlin wall fell and everyone's got their own story to tell about it. >> ♪ >> you're absolutely right. one man in the crowd showing his passport and travel documents. you get an yes of what it was

like. overnight, the wall disappearing. [ inaudible ] ♪ ♪ >> you saw the balloons flying into the night sky, the feel in here is that it's been transformed into a wall of pride, a moment of history of which germans can feel proud. twentieth century history is what is taught to germans in school to build upon what happened 25 years ago, however, in this city, and along the berlin wall is something that i think germans almost uniformly feel proud of. >> nick spicer joining us live from berlin on the 25t 25th anniversary of the celebration of the fall of the berlin wall. thanks for that. >> in yemen, a new government

has been sworn in, but the political crisis there is far from over. two major factions, the houthis and supporters of the old regime have rejected the newly formed government. despite that, the prime minister has told aljazeera that his government has the support of yemenis. >> yemen's prime minister looks confident. he's walking to address the nation with a message of hope. he faces a string of problems, including sect arian tension, violence, instability and the rise of al-qaeda. >> with the support of all the people of yemen, with the support of the arab nations, our friends, from all over the

world, we will face the challenge. >> this is the swearing in ceremony for the newly formed government. ministers loyal to the former president showed up and backed the current president. the leader had warned against such moves. the general is the new defense minister. he faces the delicate task of reforming an early and getting the support from military commanders still loyal to the former president. his colleague is the intelligence chief and interior minister. his task is to deploy security forces in a capitol controlled by shia houthi fighters, but the prime minister says he's open to talks with the houthis. >> houthi fighters are yemenese. we will try to include them. this is the term we are using, they are a political fiction.

we'll try to include them. how long. >> this is a government made up of many professionals. this is the youngest. >> i think anyone who is not concerned would be abnormal, but i had a frank discuss with the foreign minister on this and on the portfolio in specific and the priorities for this period and what we can achieve. i think we do hope that there is a clear vision on what needs to be done. >> the government has the backing of the international community, but political support is not enough in a country where almost half of the population is poor. the president and the prime minister have little control over the army and the police and the capitol remains largely under control of the houthi

fighters. >> a fighting in eastern ukraine, areas around the city of donetsk are under heavy bombardment in some of the fiercest fighting since a fragile peace agreement was signed. dozens of tanks and troop carriers have been recently seen moving through evident ukraine in territory held by pro-russian separatists. >> aljazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its journalists now detained in egypt for 316 days. the three are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing their prison sentences. >> iraq army soldiers have reached the center of the oil city of beiji.

it was captured in june. since then, they surrounded the oil refinery and stopped production at one of the biggest oil refineries in iraq. >> barack obama says the fight against isil has entered a new phase. the u.s. president was also asked about his announcement to send in additional 1500 non-combat troops to train soldiers. >> now rather than just try to halt isil's moment, we're in position to go on offense. the airstrikes have been very effective in degrading isil's capabilities and slowing the advance that they were making. now, what we need is ground troops, iraq ground troops that can start pushing them back. >> we have more now from washington. >> the u.s. president barack obama says he is sending in another 1500 u.s. troops to iraq, not because he's interested in prosecuting a war,

but because he said these troops will help the iraq military be more capable of defending their country. in an interview on the public affairs program face the nation, obama said that sending in these extra troops will help the iraqi military turn from a defensive mission, which has been trying to protect their country from isil fighters trying to take over the country and instead turn it into an offensive mission, one in which the iraq military will be able to launch a campaign against isil fighters and ultimately regain control of territory, which isil has been trying to hold since earlier in 2014. obama says that he realizes that it's not the most popular decision, but he also said that this is a matter of national security for the united states, and he said that there is a moral obligation to help a country that the u.s. had spent so much time and money trying to move beyond the years of sadaam

hussein. >> host ago conference an tackling the funding of terrorism. these discuss issues including how to stand armed groups like isil from raising money. the problem of funding armed groups is not going to go away, according to one journalist. >> as long as there is a pool of resentment in the sunni world, isil is not going to go anywhere around and will not have difficulty raising money, whether it is from individualors organizations or institutions or tribal backings. as long as we don't address the core reasons as to why institutions like isil or organizations like isil come up, i think that we're going to face this dilemma. that's why the conference in bahrain is so important. this conference presumably will have the courage to dig deeper

than what has been done so far. i'm not sure whether this is the ideal convenient view to accomplish those attacks. >> a bomb exploded in the eastern district in libya. it prematurely ended a meeting. there were no casualties. the u.n. mission has been trying to broke a year political deal to end the violence in the country. >> still to come on the program, they have survived war, but why syrian refugee kids in jordan are going hungry. >> russia's president among a host of leaders landing in china for the apex summit.

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only on al jazeera america >> the top stories on aljazeera, germany is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. white balloons were released along the path of the wall that once divided east and west. earlier, german chancellor angela merkel spoke. >> yemen's prime says his new government will hold together despite the objection of major political factions. >> iraq army soldiers reached the city of the oil rich city beiji to try to break the hold of islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> the u.n. peace envoy for syria is hope to go start creating free zones to stop fighting in some areas.

talks with syria's foreign minister in damascus were constructed. they hope one zone will be in aleppo. he's been making his third visit to syria since july. >> refugees who fled from fighting in syria to camps in jordan are struggling to survive after food vouchers were stopped. the world food program with drew help to thousands because it says others have a greater need. >> a syrian widow is living in jordan with her four children. she has barely been able to make ends meet for the last two years. she says they've been hungry for almost a month. a few weeks, abshe got this text message in forming her that her family was no longer he will go bible for food assistance from the world holt organization's food program, saying they need to meet needs on their own.

she has rice and investigate bells. she's borrowed money from friends to buy this food and is two months late on paying the rent. >> we feel unwanted here after we lost the food vouchers. this policy is designed to force us back to refugee camps or our country. we're going to die from hunger or shelling. syrians have become unwanted everywhere. >> refugees aren't allowed to work here, but she has started picking and cleaning olives from home and selling them to make money. >> 12,000 families have been excluded from the food program. a study concluded that these families have access to sufficient income for support networks. many have appealed to be reinstated. >> the majority of syrian refugees do not have enough money to buy the needed food, so relied on vouchers. many families are concerned without that support, they may now have to resort to begging or sending their children out to

work in order to put food on the table. >> the food vouchers are a lifeline for many. most syrian families sell vouchers to buy in that food items or pay rent. the u.n. says it has had to prioritize the most vulnerable families based on a field study, concluding that 15% of syrians don't need the vouchers. there may have been some errors. >> there are some people that are very clear when we run the data, we can see that's an instant error and reinstate them completely. some have assets and can survive and they will stay excluded. >> there are so many who can't survive on their own or return to syria and who's conditions are only getting worse the longer they stay in exile. >> investigators in afghanistan are trying to figure out how you a taliban suicide bomber walked into police headquarters and

blew himself up. one police officer was killed and seven others injured in kabul. >> a police shooting parked rioting in israel arab village. it started 24 hours after israeli police shot dead a man from the same village. armed police have made several arrests. >> almost 2 million voters took part in a referendum vote in cat lane i can't. it is expected to result in the strongest show of support yet for a breakaway from spain. >> we are live where the vote has been taking place. presumably, a pretty big turnout there. >> well, this is huge. if you consider that there are 5.4 million eligible voters, 2 million is a massive number. the organizers said that that

number actually comes from two hours before the polls closed. that means that we may well go beyond that 2 million mark. that means that even though the jut come of this vote will not have binding effect or will not affect the status of catalonia as a region within spain, organizers can claim that they won the right to hold an official referendum on independence. >> a vote, sunday, thousands turned up to have their say on the spanish region, the question, do you want catalonia to become a state and do you want the state to be independent. the vote is unofficial, but these catalans hope this is a rehearsal for an independence referendum in the near future. >> i am 80 years old and have been fighting for independence

all my life. i won't see it but i don't care. my grand sons will. >> more than the predictable outcome is the turnout that will be watched closely. since the early hours of the morning, catalans started gathering in polling stations. in most cases, the cue's extended all around the block. >> more than a million people halfway through the vote cast ballots, but more are needed for the government to take vote. >> the number of people with the right to vote, around 5.4 million people, so if the naggists succeed in getting 2 million people out to vote doesn't mean that in any event they would have a majority in a referendum. >> not everyone here flies the flag of independence. >> there's no point, if i wanted

i could have voted four times. >> this is a smoke screen to hid corruption behind catalan politicians. >> the voting will clothes sunday evening and the outcome made public monday. given the high turnout, those supporting catalonia's independence feel they have already won. >> where do catalans go from here? this is a non-binding resolution. what do they hope to accomplish out of this? >> if you asked me a few years ago, i would have said they would settle with a little more autonomy or with the central government recognizing catalonia as a nation within a nation. organizers can say they see independence, and they will not settle for anything less than that. >> live for us there in barcelona, thanks for that.

>> in mexico, police guarding the national palace after protestors tried to break in during a demonstration against the apparent killing of 43 students teachers. we report on the growing public demands for answers from the government that many see as complicit in their death. >> this is the national palace in mexico city under attack from an angry crowd on saturday. the recent disappearance and apparent murder of 43 students sparked similar protests across the country. >> the attorney general says they were killed and their bodies burnt by drug gangs. these protestors accuse government officials are being involved. >> i'm here to support my fellow students, because the whole population knows that it was the government who really killed them. it wasn't a drug cartel or

criminals. it was really the government. >> in guerrero state where the students studied, the parents of victims gathered at their university. they say saturday's announcement that their children were killed provides no closure. >> it hurt when we heard our children wer were dorped, burnt. we want proof. >> the increasing protests are a major challenge for the president. the crowd tried and failed to enter the palace. the attack is symbolic of who some believe to be answerable for the disappearance and apparent deaths of the students. jane ferguson, aljazeera. >> leaders are arriving in china for the asia pacific economic

cooperation summit. apeck's 21 members account for 57% of global output. they will work on improving strained ties. barack obama is on his way for the summit. the u.s. president said he's keen to improve relations with his asian allies. we have more from washington. >> u.s. president barack obama once again heads off on the long journey to asia with stops in china, myanmar and australia, another chance to fulfill what has been a long-time promise of his presidency. >> pivot by the united states, back to asia. our desire to pivot and focus on the asia pacific region. >> we were able to pivot to the asia-pacific region. >> it was part of his election campaign, but is it a reality?

experts say except for rotating a few thousand troops into australia, the military presence has not increased much. >> the potential may have looked greater, since the budget cuts have gone through, they've held asia level while other areas faced serious cuts. it's not necessarily been as dramatic as one might have thought in the first place. >> if you look at trade, that's worse. the u.s. trade deficit with asia when the president took was a of 3,360,000,000. in 2013, it was 497 million. as the president lands in china, it's expected he'll make a renewed push, meeting with china's president to talk

climate change, then head to myanmar trying to save what his administration has held up as his chief foreign policy success, which has all but stalled. president obama is a man in search of a legacy, hoping this trip helps build the fountation for that. >> talks are being held over iran's nuclear program heading for a deal later this month. john kerry has met his iranian counterpart and e.u. negotiator in trying to find ways to overcome disagreements. iran denies accusations by some that it is trying to build nuclear weapons. >> queen elizabeth ii has led the ceremony to honor the war dead. this year's event has particular significance.

>> some of the thousands who camcame cued early in the morni. this year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of word war one. seventy years sips the d-day landings in europe and the end of britain's role in afghanistan. it's a remind their conflict has never been far away during the last century. [ bell tolls ] >> after a two minute silence, the queen laid a wreath followed by political leaders and veterans. out of sight, but just a few meters away, there were armed

police, another reminder of the repercussion of international conflict. police said security would be appropriate and proportionate after four men were arrested on thursday in connection with what detectives called an alleged islamist terrorism plot on british soil. the nature of war has changed fundamentally in the last 100 years, but the private grief it engenders is unchanged. across europe because of the anniversary, new generations have witnessed the recorded horror of the great war and discovered victims among their ancestors. tharguments about the nature of public remembrance were forgotten in moments of quiet contemplation. tim friend, aljazeera, central

london. >> there is lots more on our website, aljazeera.com. get the latest on all the stories we're covering with news an analysis for you. aljazeera.com. aljazeera. >> despite the world's attention on this island- the plight of one small city has gone largely untold. >> tanaun, one of the worst affected >> 13 million filipinos were affected by typhoon haiyan's wrath. today a third of survivors are homeless in the catastrophic aftermath. we're flying to leyte- the hardest hit island where towns were torn up and reduced to rubble -