hello this is bbc news. the headlines: five severe flood warnings are in place along south yorkshire's river don, meaning there's a threat to life for those in the area. if the river rises again tonight or tomorrow, and it's in conjunction with a high tide and a further fall of rain, the village simply will not be able to cope. the tories say a jeremy corbyn government could cause an economic crisis within months of coming to power — labour calls the claim a complete work of fiction. remembering the fallen of the world wars and the conflicts since. the royal family lead tributes

as the uk marks remembrance sunday. exit polls suggest the governing socialist party in spain looks set to win the most seats in the general election, but fall short of a majority, amid a surge in support for the far—right vox party. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show, i found out how punks helped to end the cold war. also on this weekend's special programme, we are off to bulgaria to visit an iconic relic of its communist past. powerful, powerful architecture. and we meet the people in latvia recreating a good night out,

eastern block style. i think that will warm me up! this weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, back in november 1989. poland was the first eastern block

country to turn its back on communism, earlier that year. but those iconic images of the wall coming down here in berlin really did confirm that the cold war in europe was coming to an end. on the evening of november 9th, 1989, the whole world watched the destruction of the berlin wall. a structure that divided notjust the city, but families, nations, and superpowers. stretching over 80 miles, the wall was built to divide the communist east and the capitalist west. today, only small sections of it still remained, and crossing it is no trouble at all.

many cultural and political factors contributed to the destruction of the wall, but few captured the mood of the time as much as music. in the west, megastars like david bowie and bruce springsteen both played protest gigs by the partition. but in the east, under the watchful eye of the secret police, an underground scene was forming. it was angry, it was an anarchic, and it was a breakaway from control. it was punk music. chaos was the front man for wuta nfall.

one of the top bands. east germany's secret police, the stasi, regularly targeted defiant anti—authoritarian punks. on multiple occasions, chaos was imprisoned and brutally beaten.

back then, the intense scrutiny of the stasi meant that gigs often had to be held in the unlikeliest of locations. this is the place. wow, this is pretty spectacular. yeah, it's a church. i can't imagine hundreds of punks coming to a church for a concert. yeah, with hundreds of beer.

what was the vibe and the energy like in here? when you think about those times, those difficult times during the gdr period,

where you were intimidated, by the stasi and the problems that you had amongst the people in the streets, would you do it again? absolutely. it was for me the hardest but most beautiful time. punk was the soundtrack to an era of mounting defiance against the gdr, an era that culminated with the destruction of the wall. now, 30 years on, this underground history is finally surfacing. in the aptly named punk bar, the church from underground, a band is rehearsing for 0st art, a two day festival taking place this weekend designed to pay tribute to the subculture that provided a lifeline for so many.

ost art is a festival in berlin in honour of the anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. a good chance to get the younger people in touch with the history we had. it's not like i have to read some books or whatever, you can feel it. for me, the real punks were in the gdr, not in the west, because they really had to deal with repression, police, and it was really a big thing to do this. the stakes were much higher for the punks in the gdr. yeah. today has been really surprising. it makes me think of what it must have been like in this city on the night that the berlin wall came down, the energy that must have crackled through it, and how much of that energy

was driven by punk music. but what else is also cool is the fact that the next generation here are putting on events like the 0st art festival, which is helping to keep the memory alive of that counterculture, the counterculture of punk music that had to fight so hard just to exist. this weekend, there are dozens of anniversary events taking place all over berlin, but if you are planning a trip later than that, don't worry, because there is still plenty of things to see and do. at the new timeride berlin, you have a chance to go through the re—created city. you can board a bus all the way back to the 1980s, taking in gdr

landmarks like checkpoint charlie, and the old parliament, the palace of the republic. or, you can explore some of the incredible tunnels that helped over 300 east berliners escape under the wall. the berliner unterwelt museum hosts exhibits and tours but being underground, the accessibility is limited. november also sees the planned completion of the berlin handshake project, a collection of almost 11,000 clean moulds, one for each day since the wall came down. —— clay moulds. the berlin handshake project is shown at the documentation centre at the bernauer strasse. it's bringing two people together and asking them to shake hands, and in this handshake we put a ball of clay. your other hand, you can also squeeze.

out of 11,000 of these handshakes we build a wall of unification. we have the prototype here, and in the future there will also be something outside that you can see. still to come on the travel show... coming up, we've got more from two former eastern block countries who are forging a new future 30 years on, but still remember their past. so don't go away. if you come to berlin, you'll find some parts of the berlin wall standing, and being used as backdrops for tourist selfies,

but across the former eastern block there are other buildings and structures that nobody quite knows what to do with, maybe because their history is still too raw and some countries are not so comfortable their past? a few years ago, we sent mike to bulgaria to take a look around an iconic building that was left abandoned when the communist regime collapsed. i'm excited! it's been a long time that i wanted to come here. wow, it's massive, isn't it? at 70m high and 60m wide, it looks out across the balkan mountain. completed in 1981, it was built as a national monument to glorify the communist party.

it's here because this was the birthplace of the bulgarian socialist movement. this is powerful... powerful architecture. following the collapse of the regime, the building was abandoned, and later shut off to the public as it fell into disrepair. recently, the only people to have seen inside have been a select group of photo hungry urban explorers who have broken in illegally. this is a really big deal today, the travel show is the first international crew to be allowed in the front doors of buzludzha, so we are very excited and very lucky to be able to do so. and now is the time. ready? wow! me first? you are welcome. it has seen better days, hasn't it? definitely. it cost the equivalent of $35 million in today's money to build buzludzha. since it was abandoned, the years,

they haven't been kind. it's incredible. there's some work to do, obviously. but it's still very impressive. look at this 50 square metres of mosaics right on top. there is the symbol of communism, actually, the hammer and sickle. and you can read the text around it. "workers of the world unite." the entire perimeter is also covered in mosaic. we have actually more than a thousand square metres of mosaic inside buzludzha. out of all of these, which is your favourite? over there, the people defeating the dragon. the dragon represents capitalism, monarchy and the fascism, all the enemies of communism, and it is defeated by the communist people. when the monument opened, thousands came from all over the country to marvel at its beauty.

there were sound and light shows, and talks from well—known communist artists and poets. one person who remembers that time well is bedros azinyan. he and his father were the official photographers for the building. bedros, you were here and you saw this room and this building when it was at its best. what was that like? really, all that is left is the wall mosaics and the mosaic on the ceiling. here and here.

the rest, all of this white, is now gone. what do you feel seeing what it has become? time could be running out for buzludzha. if the roof collapses, the walls will go too, and the building will be lost. there is now an urgent debate about what exactly to do with the monument. those who remember the repressions and the hardships of the communist era would like to see it destroyed. others want to restore it to its former glory. but dora is working on a proposal to preserve it as a museum, and a place where bulgarians can discuss the past. it was built to glorify the communist ideal. we all want to do that nowadays. we just want to know the history, to understand why it was built.

but if we keep it intact, and leave the symbols in their present condition, i think this will be much more powerful and meaningful for the next generation to understand. it'll be a symbol of much more thanjust like it was, communism. it is more a symbol of bulgaria and the ups and downs and the roller—coaster the country has been through. there is no doubt that this is a controversial but very powerful and iconic building. and because of that alone, to me, it feels worth preserving in whatever form. but ultimately, it is down to bulgaria itself to work with how it remembers its past, going into the future. well, to finish this week, we are off to latvia. it's a country that turned its back on the old soviet union, and won its independence back in 1990. but although it successfully made the transition from communism to capitalism, some people are still kind

of nostalgic for certain elements of the old days, as christa found out when she visited the capital, riga, earlier this year. the russian bear still projects its shadow over the tiny country. but it's also part of its dna. about one in four latvians are ethnic russian. and imants is one of them. a few years ago he opened a bar for those nostalgic for their youth under the soviet regime. and it had to include one of the latvia's most popular games, the novuss. show me? i must hit that one, and hit those into the pockets? this will be embarrassing, wait for this. yeah!

i'll leave that to the professionals now. so we've got all sorts of soviet goodies here, that used to be served up during that era. we've got salami, cheese, herring and spratt with egg all served on bread. it used to come like this. you would order 100ml of vodka, and one of these snacks would come as standard, just to make sure you didn't get too

drunk. in 1991, the soviet union collapsed and latvia regained its independence. finally enjoying the freedom to travel and settle abroad, many young latvians chose to leave. riga has lost almost a third of its population since independence. a consequence of this exodus is that it has left an extraordinary number of buildings across the city empty, like this one, a former ambulance depot. but one group of activists is trying to change this. i was one of the founders of this initiative, in 2013. working with owners and the municipality, free riga turns derelict buildings into social and cultural venues. so what do we have here now? so, this is a street food place, and over there there is a bar with a concert venue.

then there is co—working. there are artists‘ residences. you've got everything here! what don't you have here? hotel. no hotel here? so, tell me about some of the events you hold here, mostly during the summer, i guess? it is a bit cold at the moment. these are all kinds of activities, starting from concerts, exhibitions, workshops, the building looks a little bit rough so the atmosphere is more, how you say, not rough, but... more informal? easy—going. and more informal, exactly. maybe this will become a new berlin or something. going into the bar next door, there is definitely a berliner vibe in the air, only the drinks are local.

could i have a black balsam, please? a very little one. sure. wow, i think that will warm me up. it is actually not too bad! sadly, that's your lot for this week. don't forget, you can follow us on social media, to keep up with us on all our adventures. but until next time, from me and all the travel show team here in berlin, it's auf wiedersehen.

hello. more wet weather is moving into the uk from the west, so today, at least we took advantage of a rare dry day across the bulk of the uk. a good amount of sunshine and blue sky but that is about to change as these weatherfronts move in, sweeping eastwards overnight. notjust rain but some snow as well to the higher parts of the pennines, some uplands and more especially in scotland, north of the central belt. relatively moderate hills will see some accumulating snow into the morning, affecting some of the higher routes into the morning as well so don't be surprised by that. at least this wet weather is moving on through and not hanging around too long in any one particular place. as it moves through, there will be some quite gusty winds around as well, temperate is heading up a bit of the night goes on after a chilly start up into tomorrow, the persistent

rain clearing away from eastern england and then it is a case of showers tomorrow, very blustery showers coming in on this north—westerly wind, showers, some heavy, thundery, wintry on hills, may be some hail, some do move east across the uk but relatively few the further south and east you are and it will be a rather cold feeling day were particularly because the wind is feeling stronger, just a few spots to the south and double figures. as the showers keep on coming around low pressure through monday night and into tuesday morning, the rain totals will be mounting again into the peak district so may bring further concerns with flooding here so keep an eye on that. a chilly night going into tuesday and then on tuesday, dominated by low pressure, we will see another band of wet weather moving its way southwards. some sunshine to the south of that, further showers following on behind, the arrows pointing from the north, that cold wind keeps on coming in and for the most part, temperatures are in single figures on tuesday. looking beyond that, we have a brief break between weather systems early wednesday with frost and a few freezing fog patches, then low pressure comes in

towards northern ireland, affecting parts of england and wales going into thursday and with a chance of seeing some more persistent rain on some of the areas in the worst of the flooding at the moment. this week, it will be wet at times, some hill snow because it is cold enough for that, some windy with low pressure close by, a chance of frost overnight as well. that is the forecast. of course, right now, some parts of england and especially south yorkshire derbyshire are dealing with significant flooding, there are flood warnings still in force, severe flood warnings and weather warnings from the met office as well, details on our website.

this is bbc world news today. i'm tim willcox. our top stories. bolivia's president evo morales announces his resignation amid ongoing protests in the country, we'll have the latest on this breaking story. partial results in spain's general election suggest the socialists will remain the biggest party, but won't have a majority. the right—wing populist vox party could make major gains. firefighters in australia are warning that bushfires could pose a "catastrophic" threat to the sydney area in the coming days. we are not out of this yet. there's still a long way to go and tuesdays looking a lot more difficult. and coming up, us regulators investigate apple's credit card after complaints it's sexist and offering credit limits based on gender.