the rise of protectionism. more turbulence that air bus first corruption charges in europe now the plane maker admits to in accuracies in the us. and ryanair said to ride out turbulence at the discount carrier on target to hit record profits. i'm invisible and let's do business global stocks have surged to record highs the bull market is unstoppable and that's despite dog trumps talk of tariffs a looming brags that and the catalonia crisis analysts say financial markets of the touching themselves from the threats of protectionism and the general business of politics the reason is simple global trade is booming. german engineering companies are overwhelmed with work. and the orders keep coming in other industries as well. demand for german products is not just growing at home but elsewhere in europe and globally experts say the main reason is an unexpected

upswing in world trade. the outlook for international imports and exports is far better than it was at the beginning of the year the world trade organization expects global trade to grow by three point nine percent this year the international monetary fund even forecasts that an increase of four point two percent is possible. the trend is expected to continue in the coming year as well. that's down to the continued economic recovery across europe an important trading partner for many countries worldwide. trade with the us is also strengthening trumps threats of import tariffs and other trade barriers have barely been implemented. this will also benefit asian countries which are posting a strong growth as a result of robust global trade. that's also reflected in positive figures for the european economy unemployment in the euro zone edged. lower from nine percent

a couple months ago to eight point nine percent in september that's the lowest rate since the beginning of two thousand and nine inflation is just managing to hold up it was a one and a half percent last month it dipped ever so slightly to one point four percent this month and g.d.p. growth is edging high to zero point six percent a modest gain from the half percent that was forecast so the recovery continues painting a surprisingly robust picture for the european economy as global economic headwinds strengthen we asked senior economist at bear to make bank pickering if the optimism is justified well the fundamentals are actually pretty good certainly relative to a decade ago household balance sheets are stronger we have record employment in many places firm profits are up we kind of have this post lehman caution still hanging over us and we're finding it a little hard to deal with the usual political uncertainty and there's something odd going on if you ask an individual how he's doing he tells you is doing fine but

then when you ask people in aggregate they don't feel so good and of course they're always political risks to watch but my impression is we just have a bad dose of economic pessimism which doesn't reflect the fundamentals and over time we will learn to live with the political worries which probably won't manifest in a major way and will continue to see an improvement in economic fundamentals over time . the bank of england expects london could lose up to seventy five thousand financial services job in the years following brags that this according to a report by the b.b.c. the central bank sees the figures as a reasonable scenario one point one million people are employed in the financial sector this means the industry could lose almost seven percent of its workers the bank of england maintains that london will remain one of the largest financial centers in the world after some economists have borne the capital could lose its status as a global financial hub. a good day for samsung shareholders

the korean electronics giant has focused substantial increases in shareholder returns for the past three years and shareholders will reap the benefits of record earnings q three profits are up nearly one hundred fifty percent samsung says it will increase its annual dividend by twenty percent this year and double it next then it plans to hold it at that level until twenty twenty the company's share price is more than doubled since the beginning of twenty sixteen and with the growing demand for memory chips and advanced display panels samsung is likely to post even bigger earnings in the coming quarters. aircraft maker air bus has posted quarterly core operating earnings of six hundred ninety seven million euros but a surprise admission is overshadowing the results the company says it found in accuracies in statements to the u.s. state department regarding the sale of military hardware this comes on top of unresolved legal troubles from corruption probes here in europe. air bus employees

should prepare themselves for turbulent times this morning came from the c.e.o. himself tom enders and was directed to around one hundred thirty thousand employees worldwide the c.e.o. has also filed a corruption complaint with the british authorities against his own company and as wanted to clean up the european aircraft giant. this is going to be a long process and there are potentially serious consequences including significant penalties to the company this is what end is wrote to the aircraft makers staff in early october the extent of the damage is not yet known the allegations are of kickbacks during sales of airbus passenger and military aircraft the effort to boost business also involved the use of illicit funds and be a sales agents for hot but boy from transparency international one thing is clear the company's management has filed an end as a c.e.o.

is responsible. as of venice who is that in which to post if it's true that he didn't know then there's definitely organizational problems which can be traced back to him and there's no question about it because after twenty years of o.e.c.d. rules ten years after the semen scandal to not ensure that you know what's happening in your company is impossible and especially in such a difficult business situation with competition from boeing another competitor is it's clear there's a strong temptation to do something like that industry has taken more care even if you really didn't know. the result is that airbus could be hit with fines in the billions in britain and france and that could have a severe economic impact on the company in germany authorities are investigating the sale of fifteen euro fighter jets to austria here too they're also believed to be irregularities but in germany there's been no indictment against the company only individual employees there ballhandling we desperately need a corporate criminal law where companies are threatened by serious punishment this

is long been the case in britain and france we're thirty years behind and this is perhaps the consequence of the german a.g. a network of interconnected german companies who protect each other and it's not ok . global companies like airbus and siemens are particularly susceptible to corruption especially in situations where the local customs are more blurred c.e.o. and is now needs to demonstrate full cooperation with the authorities. and ryanair is on course to post record profits despite recent turbulence the low cost irish carrier has reported an eleven percent jump in half yearly profits after tax the news lifting ryanair shares by more than six percent that's restored half the market value wiped off following the chaos that recently triggered the cancellation of thousands of flights ryanair has reiterated its earnings forecast for the financial year ending next march. let's talk about europe's biggest airline by

passenger numbers and the sector in general which is in flux with. neil wilson in london senior market analyst at capital neil what do you reckon is ryan air onto a winning formula day it's flying high as far as results go despite all the turbulence as far as stuff and its customer base goes. that's why the profit guidance is unchanged so really really have to say that the cancellations that they. offered over the summer of in september and they're carrying through into into the winter not really affecting it that much that said they were seen ryanair going to have to pay pilots around about one hundred million euros per year more and that's going to significantly increase its labor costs going forward so there is some doubt or and the operating model that on at the moment and whether or not i continue to be this super low cost operator. are those

pilots going to accept that pay because a lot of them have been leaving to go to the competition to get to know we for example over the past year hundreds i've been told. that's right there's been a big existed to norwegian it's a they operate the same boeing planes as ryanair and i think really if you read the trading statement today every a very much reads like a sales pitch to the to the pilots try and keep them there it's saying that ryanair is not going to pay the pilots experienced pilots runway twenty percent more than the norwegian does is very much trying to ensure that the pilots stay with it so that it doesn't suffer a repeat of the kind of fiasco that we saw in september now brian is as i mentioned the biggest airline in europe by passage of numbers the competition though is growing tons of for example gobbling up the lion's share of air berlin there are there is quite a lot of consolidation going on is that going to continue. i

think will deftly see more consolidation we've seen over the european aviation sector their line sectors significantly more fragmented the new us markets say and i think we'll see europe almost catching up there's a lot of smaller operators and there's only really the five big carriers that i think we will see more consolidation ultimately though that will mean higher fares for passengers in the end but for now i think airfares will continue to to to fall but going forward we will see the fewer fewer carriers operating in europe i can if you're a traveler you heard it there from neil wilson in london the capital thank you very much. and nice doing business with you i'll see you again very soon.

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anyone . oh yes times were hard times back then life and death would just a hand spread the pot and death made people feel awful it seemed ever present. martin was sensitive and had nightmares about death still worse was his fear of the last judgment fear of pag a tray of food and worst of all eternal damnation. those were the images with which children grew up. thank god those times are relevant.

to. on july seventeenth fifteen zero five a twenty two year old student called martin luther joined the augustinian order at the priory an effort. no one could have guessed that he would one day transform the christian church and change the world. why did he decide to become a monk. probably wrestled with the idea for a long time. but a legend relates that he vowed to enter a monastery after being frightened to death by a storm. and it design is an actress who works in court fascinated by luther his personality and what made him a reformer she often visits the augustinian priory.

in a play called help she portrays luther's life is a monk through the eyes of his patron saint. his decision to enter a monastery. the devil's rushed to the clamoring sky and sees dull clouds and piled them high astonished paul martin could only stare in tera that's what was happening there. was a blaze with this devil's game as both of lightning suddenly came so close to him he had to flee and shelter under the only tree there sat the devil on the crown ready to throw his west boats down and put an end to trembling limb the first struck ground right next to him he fell on his face began to cry oh holy sometime let's me not die and i will become a monk i swear so great was martin's anguished feet.

within the walls of this monastery which martin luther entered the ideas of the reformation were born. its ideal of freedom would spread throughout the world. today the priory remains a center of faith and a forum for church and society as a designated luther's site it is. germany's important religious cultural and tourist attraction. says the curator responsible for conserving the historical site and also for the primaries modern institutions. at. the priory has become well known as a conference in the meeting center since one thousand nine hundred. many of the

national and international congresses take place here. and of course we also welcome individual guests. and we now have forty seven rooms in the primary precincts. and there are lots of guests especially in the summer months and people who simply enjoy them in their stake atmosphere want to relax and enjoy the silence . we also has lots of on their way to santiago de compostela on the luther route so we get a wide range of visitors at this point because. when martin luther became a monk fifteen zero five was a bustling town. that had about twenty thousand residents and there were thirty five churches and honest areas belonged to various orders these included the augustinian. despite the name they had. since the

thirteenth century. instructed them to live in urban monasteries and devote themselves to study. teaches at the university of. the reformation specialty. luther looked for a monastery in which he could fulfill the new vision he had of his life on the one hand the lifestyle of the monks had to be very. the other the monastery had to fulfill certain standards because luther would be entering this monastery with what we would now call a high level of education. above so what happened to martin next in the chapter house with music from above martin knelt before his prior then his reception and in roping took place an ancient ritual of

question and response chants and prayers with his head was shaved and he received the black augustinian habit and what he was to wear underneath it then his life as a monk began the motive had lots to learn the rule of the order forty five chapters the constitutions fifty one chapters the order of the divine office the conduct expected of a frying and apart from that silence fasting prayer begging and confession everything had its appointed time and was laid down precisely. this was luther is. it's where he prayed alone and studied under the direction of his novice master and teachers the bible and later it's most important interpretations. these notes are in his own hand. in those days monks didn't spend the night in their cells they slept side by side

on rows of straw mattresses in a huge dormitory. there was virtually no privacy. there life was regulated around the clock. daily life here in the prairie was pretty strict the monks went to bed between nine and nine thirty two in the morning they rose to pray. followed by the longest mass of the day it took one and a half hours. the whole day was filled with periods of prayer. there were eight of them each day. when you consider the. that there was only one room in the priory that could be hated and every other room had the same temperature as outdoors they spend their life was pretty. much things to him

closed and it was a life of poverty chastity and obedience to the primer of them on a stream of fairy is said to kate there was also a rule of silence a fire was actually not supposed to speak except to praise god and all the tears. and. the library of the evangelical mission contained sixty thousand volumes most of

them from past centuries. china is the chief librarian he explains that this was not always a library. originally it was the dormitory of the augustinian priory the dormitory room. the entire upper floor of the east wing was a dormitory with an impressive height of eleven meters and if you can judge for yourself these walls are about eleven meters high that was intended to make the friars feel unimportant and significant in comparison with god god is in and if you look into this high ceilinged room you certainly feel that you're a small insignificant part of the world class and we still got tired use of exist.

in. the present my barry dates from sixteen forty six almost one hundred fifty years after luther the priory had already been secularized by that time. it's a professional library belonging to the even jellicoe clergy of effort for their daily ministry but it started life very modestly with just thirty eight volumes. as if that's the next modesty thing and i would say that the things that happened after luther stay in the augustinian priory are at least as important. in the work break as even in the early fall in retrospect of course we certainly see that it was an important phase in his life. and as it stands as he of course of course he himself did not see it that way when he was here in the and then he was just one friar among many who excelled with his intellectual abilities but of course he was

not yet the figure of world history whom we see looking back in nine evolving a man. among the libraries thirteen thousand early printed volumes and manuscripts are personal documents from luther's life. they range from sermons and published accounts of contemporary events to handwritten letters. the harvest in the in priority has been viewed as a looser site ever since the sixteenth century. at that time and there are already swarms of pilgrims who wanted to visit the priorities and see the cell where martin luther had lived. that there were inscriptions written on the walls. and in the seventeenth century a little booklet was published documenting these lines have. in the text it was

sold to visitors and they took it home with them as a souvenir of the augustinian priority and of their sell. name and living. luther's patron saint saint played by the actress and. has followed him into the priory. she also keeps an eye on him there. as margins confessions were often excessive that really worried me but i couldn't reach him fortunately there were others who were also concerned about his wellbeing especially from stop its vicar general of the oldest indians in germany the man was a blessing he was a wonderful listener and one of the few people who could even begin to understand. so he was able to give modern direction from time to time for instance when his

confessions went on for hours and hours. every friday evening the friars performed a ritual battle against the temptations of the flesh they gathered in the chapter room and confessed their sins in public. each man in turn admitted his feelings toward the community. for quote unquote shit that if the avoid he could park i'm often asked how could a monk commit sin well if he laughed or spoke in the cloisters if he arrived late for prayers if he talked during meals and a monk falling asleep in his cell was considered a fairly serious sit inside outside just often on the top order. martin luther viewed this as a trap his soul was tormented with longing for god's salvation on the one hand and

fear of god's judgment on the other. locals how. luther's main difficulty was whether the means of salvation was efficacious for most of these monks confession and absolution seemed sufficient to put their sins behind an. innocent man but in this priory luther was tormented by his quest for god's mercy. what a common cold he tried to attain it by leading an exemplary monastic life. but in woodley he remained uncertain whether that was sufficient to water. the. little. of.

those still used for services the old priory church is currently being renovated. this was the altar at which martin luther celebrated his first mass on may second fifteen zero seven. he had been recommended for ordination by his superiors in the augustinian order he served as a roman catholic priest for the next fourteen years. one kind word for. us it's fair to say that luther acquired the intellectual and psychological condition that led him to the reformation in this house. just so he was twenty two when he entered the priory which is a very impressionable age of the or still life here and his futile struggle to attain god's mercy through an active monastic life had a decisive influence on him. and what he took this experience with him when he went

of it in baghdad and in coming to terms with it he arrived at his insights as a reformer. as a lutheran reformation has its intellectual and psychological roots in this house. was. the move to britain back and after years of searching and wrestling he nailed he's ninety five theses to the door of the castle church these were the catalyst for the reformation the german emperor charles the fifth summoned him to the imperial diet involves much martin stood for i was so proud of him and his german translation of the bible made me especially happy it was the language of the common folk for the first time everyone was able to hear the bible stories without having to listen to

a priest's interpretations summerson the lutherans protest in britain back against the church's sale of indulgences sparked a bitter dispute across the whole of europe about the true nature of god. it divided the church contrary to luther's intentions the humanism of the renaissance and protestantism changed the face of europe previously dominated by the roman catholic church it was the end of the middle ages the. after publishing is the easiest luther began sending his writings to the augustinian priory and afterward very hope to win support. this divided the community luther's followers left the monastery only a few traditional lists remained. the men's

five beliefs and after some of the friars left voluntarily and the fifteen twenties the remaining monks were allowed to stay but they were forbidden to accept novices leave unless a woman at the inn and movie it's an oath to name as it's a mouth so there was no new blood. and the community had died out by the mid sixteenth century not so sacred others yeah it's the start of what's this then the town of your ford secularized the priory and use the buildings for other purposes its height. closely to the kid and later it developed into a site on which many of letters ideas were put into effect. schooling by caring for orphans and the establishment of libraries as the basis for education. the bid on. a grammar school was established here in fifteen sixty one.

it turned out future even jellicoe pastors administrators and teachers for the city of africa and continued to do so right up until the eight hundred twenty. one orphanage was established in the eastern precincts in sixteen sixty nine. it operated until the final months of the second world war. on february twenty fifth one thousand nine hundred forty five the library building was destroyed in an air raid. the books had been removed to a safe place but two hundred seventy people sheltering in the cellars were killed. in twenty ten the. this section of the priory was turned into a memorial to the air raid victims.

it's a place of silence. a new building was constructed on the old foundations in twenty ten the house of reconciliation although its form is a precise reconstruction of the old library it's not used to house books but as a conference center and offices. until the end of the cold war in one thousand nine hundred nine the priory lay within communist east germany i know fucker was superintendent of the effort lutheran church from one thousand nine hundred ninety three to nine hundred ninety four. it is a high film is only now more than a sung so the area here around what's called the renaissance courtyard he had just

been rebuilt and it housed the event jellicoe preacher school. here that was one of our church institutions where young people without a university entrance exam could study for the ministry and does find the grounds for his own helmsley kit was very important for our church in young working people deciding to become pastors in an atheistic state at the comma most of them came here highly motivated and studied for four years if you go that was why this section of the priory was reconstructed time and is close to us it beat off the board on. the lutheran church purchased the entire augustinian priory in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine and started reconstructing it. the priory was turned into a church conference and community center paradoxically the political pressure on catholics and protestants in communist east germany made this site or church divisions began a place of reconciliation. as for totty my know it that's what ends up at is to

high shared the view that as christians we could only be credible in that atheistic environment if we work together and not against each other and does it have a condo and we did cooperate and seven steps when we dedicated the church we naturally invited the catholics. our fraternal relations with the catholic church had steadily grown here in africa since the second vatican council in the early one nine hundred sixty s. . and we did many things together which we had previously done separately and. these are the hoff. but hopes that this fraternity would continue and deepen have been dashed and it's got the. protestants and catholics began to reflect on their own identity and they went their separate ways and i mean this. back. on september twenty third two thousand

and eleven pope benedict the sixteenth and the chairman of the german even jellicoe church council are due to meet here to talk about ecumenical issues and to worship together this could be a milestone an ecumenical dialogue a narrowing of division through mutual respect. to minds of us when we share a large common foundation in the word of god the holy scripture we have a large common foundation in what we can contribute to society our social and charitable work and when we look at what we've been given in the common cause of christians here in germany and i'm grateful for what has grown in recent decades and from this common basis there can be a lot of new growth when you pray together understand each other and show each other respect will learn to recognize more and more deeply that the things which divide us are perhaps not quite so fundamental as we've thought. for centuries it's

a dream of us of a one daughter might cure. the ecumenical or it is not the church of jesus christ because jesus christ lives in his community is in the churches worldwide from view so the evangelical church cannot be anything but an ecumenical church that's why these uses a second this is also a challenge to the fact that jesus christ lives in all churches ecumenically world wide also means that we have to try to make that visible but so mom. will have to see it. so we also have you ecumenism as a challenge to achieve more in common in the life of the church as it's called. perhaps we should see martin luther differently now as a common element of the churches holding them together forward first luther did not intend to establish

a new church but to reform his own the roman catholic church. at the augustinian priory an airport that could become very evident.

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a fair trial also on the program police in germany detained in one thousand year old syrian suspected of gathering parts for a powerful bomb the country's interior minister says he was planning a serious terror attack but what was the intended target. and his opposition leader condemns last week's presidential election rerun as a shot and says the results must not stand. with drew from that race and call for a boycott so what is his next move. and germany marks a five hundred thousand version of the start of the protestant reformation german leaders pay tribute to martin luther invisible monk first challenge the authority of the catholic church and take a look at his legacy. i'm from ghana welcome to the program. spain's high court to some and they sacked

catalan leaders to testify in madrid on thursday just the latest twist in the ongoing crisis. is currently in brussels he traveled to belgium after prosecutors announced they would file charges after he declared to independence and accuse him and other cabinet members of rebellion and other crimes. car less piers demands first appearance since declaring catalan independence last week was every bet is frenetic as the political fallout he left behind in spain now in belgium the ousted president says he's there for protection not asylum i am not here in order to deliver because. this is not the belgian question for the here in brussels as a with all of europe i'm here. to act with freedom and safety and security. as he left yet more chaos behind the upstart leader couldn't avoid questions of whether he had fled the scene.

outside the spanish unity supporters certainly think so. i'm here to defend spain and complain about this person who is a coward and a terror maker for. the courts made to have their say it's a medieval charge sheet from modern times catalan leaders faced up to thirty years in prison for crimes of sedition rebellion and the best moment. but the spanish government does well composed them on support for fresh elections in december seen as a concession to trade. it is very important to respect this call for elections from the prime minister of the spanish government. and this is very important because this implies an acceptance that the return to democratic legality lies with accepting democratic elections. back in barcelona. dominate the

airwaves though some were surprised that our former leader turning up in belgium if you could fault his logic when i look at it yes i understand what he's saying right now the spanish government isn't giving him any guarantees and then he lands here they can put him in prison. in the u.s. but here. whether his bid to break should be not will indeed land him behind bars will be the subject of intense scrutiny not just here but across europe. to catalonia is regional the capital now d.w. correspondent charlotte chelsea pearl is in barcelona welcome charlotte so spain's high court has now moved against to catalonia former leaders what can you tell us. yes this is just coming in now we're hearing that a spanish judge has ordered not just persian one but all of his cabinets to come back to madrid to spain on thursday and aren't sir for his alleged crimes now

we know that he's due to be charged with rebellion something that carries thirty years in prison. rejects that is a claim saying is completely unjustified was going to be crucial now to find out is whether or not prison one decides indeed to leave brussels are his days in brussels numbered that's what we want to know here if he doesn't he risks arrest not could of course be extremely tricky because he's in belgium always looking then at the extradition proceedings beginning and some sort of diplomatic debate about whether or not that can go ahead and said all along in this process that he wants europe to get involved and it looks like he may just have made that happen carlos person one disappeared for a day or so after our last weeks or tumultuous events how did people react to the news that he had gone. people here were absolutely

stunned with the approach pro independence or against independence nobody could quite believe what they were hearing you're right he was missing for almost a day people had no idea where he was they were expecting him to come into work behind me here as he said he was going to do and push ahead with with independents now those who were anti independence and he pushed him on i think very relieved those that we've spoken to is saying that they're happy that a situation that could have become quiet vala tile the risks of riots on the streets even has now completely calm down and it looks like we are pushing ahead with democratic elections on december twenty first now pushed him on supporters they are also divided you've got those who are dismayed and frustrated some even saying that they think that he is leaving a sinking ship that he is running away some of the people that we spoke to didn't even want to appear on camera because they were too upset people with tears in their eyes there are those though who are still diehard fans who are saying that

actually pushed him on is playing quite a clever game in what he's doing he's just being sensible he's trying not to evade arrest and they all argue that he is clearly still behind this independence movement because that is indeed what he said in that press conference in brussels earlier you mentioned the elections that madrid house called for december in the catalonia we'll call this push it will be a continent. i think it really depends on whether or not he is in jail clearly if he refuses to show up at the high court on thursday he faces arrest and could be in prison and may not be allowed to run at the moment and madrid is not ruling out that he can take part as she ming he is still a free man and his party is certainly said that his running person said that they want to they want to face the voters and they believe that they'll get a mandate he said also that he will respect any results that comes out and has asked whether or not madrid is due to do the same thing and now we have had some

developments with regards to this election today we've heard that a business minister member of crucial months party has fielding himself as a candidate to run in period more instead potentially this was a man who actually resigned from the party once he had that pushed him on was going to announce independence so it could be perhaps that they played a clever game here and they were trying to make sure that there would still be a man left standing if all the rest of them ended up in prison to defend the independence movement or it could just be simply that he has split from him from what position one is doing with the party and is running in his own right here let's just talk about that this place because a pushable house a number of members of his former cabinet with him in brussels but he left some behind in barcelona so what are those left in barcelona been doing while madrid house assumed control of the region. we know that they held

a meeting earlier we saw a group of them tweet a picture of them talking they can of course legally govern here they have all been dismissed according to madrid they could just be holding the fort you've got the vice president and among them they could be sort of keeping up the the display so to speak here in barcelona of a functioning independence movement or of course we don't know we could be seeing a divide between those who are trying to flee the scene and those who are ready to face the music and to stand up for what it is that they've achieved by announcing independence. from pearl and barcelona thank you. to other news now and germany's interior minister says police are prevented a serious a terror attack a special forces arrested a nineteen year old syrian today in the northern city of sharon the suspect reportedly had contacts to islamist extremists and had been a government ariel's for a highly specific bomb was intended target is still unclear. a syrian flag and

a housing complex in a northern german town of sherene this is where special forces arrested a nineteen year old syrian man early on tuesday on suspicion of planning an islamist terrorist attack no one's american fast as a human are according to our findings the yemen a decided at the latest in july to detonate a bomb but with the aim of killing and wounding a large number of people. on social networks he researched instructions on how to build a bomb we also know that the suspect was in contact online with people with jihadist backgrounds and it has one and also the g.i. distortion spectrum mouth to start throughout the morning police searched the apartment and other locations for additional evidence the suspect had placed orders online for chemicals to build a bomb. the german interior minister is convinced authorities have prevented

a severe and imminent terrorist attack in germany so therefore to get out some lifting the police operation took place at exactly the right moment light enough to secure the necessary proof and early enough to prevent any danger. by them so it can. also say that the danger of an islamist terrorist attack remains high in germany and europe and that security forces would act with determination to counter any threats. and get more on this for you don't lose chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome melinda what put investigators on to this man they appeared to have conducted surveillance both online and also by telephone and then as well sent a team physically to watch this man during a recent weeks we're told that he had a number of contacts online to people who were considered to be either just hardest

sympathizers or propagators of propagandizes of violence and we're also told that he had physical contact to such people here in germany as well so from everything that we can see there was were multiple levels of surveillance by multiple instances ranging from federal investigators to state investigators in three different german states and what were his targets and how far advanced were his plans. we don't know precisely what targets he was looking at we're told by police sources that he intended to conduct an attack against a large assembled assembly of persons so clearly in a public place and he possessed many but not all of the ingredients necessary to make a highly explosive bomb there were still a few ingredients he had not yet got but he had gotten quite far with his plans

according to the police there have been a couple of terror attacks and foiled attacks over the last year what is the state of alert in the country at the moment. authorities have repeatedly said to germans that they are very much a potential target for terrorists and of course many people here in berlin are thinking today about the attack on the christmas market just a little over a year ago here in this city the fact is though as you rightly point out there have been many attacks that have been for wielded by police work as in this case so yes the threat is high but clearly the all of the intelligence and police services are very much aware of that and are working hard to prevent it being carried out linda crane thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world

russia says its submarine deployed to the mediterranean sea has fired three cruise missiles into syria's east and as all provinces the strikes targeted one of the few remaining urban strongholds of so-called islamic state in syria. afghan officials say an explosion in kabul has killed at least five people and injured several more police say a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in the capital's diplomatic quarter islamic state group has claimed responsibility. british media are reporting that u.k. police are investigating further accusations of sexual assault against a hollywood producer harvey weinstein reports say seven women have made allegations against the oscar winning producer who is at the center of a growing scandal over sexual harassment incidents are said to have taken place between the one nine hundred eighty s. and twenty fifteen. this is d.w. news life from burnand still to come luther's notes of complaint to the catholic church nailed to a door we'll take a look at the impact of

a tough act of defiance five hundred years ago today. the euro zone's economy grew faster than expected last quarter christof koch untellable that's right phil not only did the economy of the bloc expand by zero point six percent there's also promising news from the labor market unemployment fell to its lowest level in almost nine years spain continued its strong recovery however large differences between the ninety countries sharing the common currency still remain. the eurozone economy is bouncing back most of the one thousand countries in the single currency bloc performed surprisingly well in the third quarter overall the eurozone exceeded expectations posting two and a half percent growth compared with the same period a year earlier. among the fastest growing economies was spain before the current tensions over catalonia with g.d.p. growing eight tenths of a percent from july to september france so

a growth of half a percent with a similar figure for the german economy. the upswing has helped reduce unemployment which is at its lowest level since two thousand and nine overall fourteen point five million people were out of work in the eurozone in september that's one point five million fewer than a year ago but there are huge differences between euro zone countries in contrast to germany spain and greece are still suffering from the blocks highest jobless rates. the bank of london the back of any and rather expects london could lose up to seventy five thousand financial services jobs in the years following bracks this according to a report by the b.b.c. the central bank sees the figures as a reasonable scenario one point one million people are employed in the financial sector this means the industry could lose almost seven percent of his works the bank of england maintains that london will remain one of the world's largest financial centers after some economists had warned the capital could lose its

status as a global financial hub. ober and its business model of ride sharing have become a real game changer for people wanting to get from a to b. but more and more countries are imposing strict rules on who were and similar services drivers requiring a special license interest insurance for passengers or charging new taxes some of the rules are intended to ultimately benefit the drivers but many of them fear for their livelihoods like in brazil. the sound of the car horns is deafening the traffic on the streets chaos thousands of the drivers like hansol parlow and across the country are protesting some drive so slowly that the traffic can hardly move others choose to park in the middle of the street all to raise awareness of this situation they're all against just to drop the number twenty eight it says that the drivers in the future need

a license to transport passengers they must also buy passenger insurance for their vehicles and their cars will be inspected more often. but you know what it was ill is in the middle of a financial crisis lots of people like me can earn money is the drive as if the new law is passed half a million drivers will lose their income that will make the crisis worse because your you know i believe that there's a battle between the drivers and taxi drivers being forced across the globe and it's the taxi associations that are increasingly coming out on top they're fighting before the courts for the same rights and obligations for everyone that means same rules same insurance same standards for vehicles in countries like france and italy has been banned and in denmark due to the strict laws there has left the country completely. and we have breaking news for your entertainment company netflix says

it is suspending production of house of cards the move follows allegations of sexual harassment against star kevin spacey the show is in its sixth and final season in a joint statement netflix and producer media rights capital said production was put on hold to review the situation and address any concerns of our cast and crew spacey has been accused of trying to seduce a fourteen year old actor in one nine hundred eighty six. business for the moment back to you phil across a thank you so much and people across germany are today. rating five hundred years since martin luther spearheaded a revolution which ultimately led to the birth of the protestant church and the eastern german city of it and countries leaders gathered for a service in the church on whose daughter luther is said to have nailed his ninety five things he said challenging people sarsi. queuing up for church and martin luther's hometown witan back today thousands came to celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of the protestant reformation and all of my life i've been lutheran

this is a very important day for me any less is the this is the place where luther lived and worked and we want to celebrate this today and that if one cannot understand german history without luther and the reformation it has left its mark on us i myself belong to a lutheran church and belief in its values. at the castle church of wittenberg germany's leaders including chancellor merkel herself daughter of a lutheran pastor attended a service to commemorate martin luther d.s. legend has it that it was here on this day five hundred years ago the name of his ninety five thesis through the door of the council church the document was not tacked on practices of the catholic church luther wanted to reform it not divide it but his ideas to simply to revolutionary i'll timidly it was a liberation for the world the replace the hiroki of power and money but the new individual freedom manifested in love. in the time at their service and

getting back the head of the protestant church in germany which bed for all meant the hat of the catholic church in the country cardinal run up marx jointly presented german president funk with the steinmeyer with the cross as a symbol of unity after the service german chancellor merkel underlined the importance of religious liberty saying that ensuring it is one of the key duties of a free society. so all of you do just as freedom of belief must always be protected from religious fanaticism so too must our commitment to that freedom include respecting those who practice a religion it should. today's service represented the culmination of a year of celebrating the reformation throughout germany. let's get more from a day w.'s religious affairs correspondent martin jack comes from a k.

to brady who's been following today's celebrations in victory back in germany welcome brady what was the king message from today's official state survey. well phil there was really one would that stood out from that ceremony this evening and that was one of tolerance and also on top of the open mindedness and that goes across german society not to words that chancellor angela merkel repeated several times throughout her speeches today and highlighted the importance of having the freedom of religion in germany which of course at the moment is a very important issue not only in germany but across europe where we have seen this surge especially of islamophobia and that is something that she will be pushing on with now she also mentioned as well the importance of education and compared that back where five hundred years ago with the importance of how at the

time when the bible when lisa translated the bible into german for the first time has made education and. educational materials accessible to the everyday person and that's something that she also wants to push forward with now so it was very important for her to link the what we can still learn and what germany can still learn from the reformation his day five hundred years after martin luther. possibly nailed to those ninety five theses on the door behind me just there on the schloss here invite him back and how have the people of britain and bryce that this year's celebrations. well there's been an entire year of events taking place in this town here there's more than thirty thousand people expected to attend attended various events around the city just today and of course there's been

a mediæval market on as well to kind of to recreate the feeling and the atmosphere that was here in the city of what it would have been like when martin luther was here five hundred years ago there was also some voice of disappointment when i spoke to people today that they couldn't actually get any closer to the to the larger events which were taking place such as the mass here in the church behind me and also at that state ceremony saying there was a disappoint in the locals and they couldn't get closer because of the huge police presence of course there were four of the most important members of germany's constitutional body here today which happens very very rarely so police presence here in the tiny town of it was absolutely huge. jack. what was what was luther's beef. mostly it was a response to what was perceived in the north of europe as an abuse of power by the catholic church in it was one of many different. many many for and episodes of

reform or many attempts at reform in different parts of europe including the u.k. including bohemia what is today the czech republic so in a sense it was sort of a response to our i mean to politics and this didn't spring out of out of nowhere admitted that there was there was a movement among wonders why the catholic church had become such a target that got the league church was in fact an extremely extremely powerful organization with an enormous amount of money in this money was being extracted from provinces such as sort of the north of europe and there were also a lot of abuses that were perpetrated by clergy that were perpetrated by. families themselves and this meant of course that there was a lot of resentment the resentment was religious was expressed religiously but it was also political so in a way i mean i think that one of the ways to think about the protests and reformation is actually as a reaction to taxation without representation or so when we've seen not since.

the. scholarly town was a university town where there was actually a theology as to who is essentially. breaching us well and me as a matter of fact this ninety five thesis was documented one of the many proposals that was presented to us at the illogical debate it turned out that theological debate had deep implications for the political and the power structure of the church so it lead like fire and that's fire fired spread but it started out in actually an academic setting interesting really enough. back in what sort of place that is the town. sorry could you just repeat that figure out what sort of place is written back. it was a very tiny town modern city it's obviously it was very very important at the time

of the reformation and was ninety two academics across europe but say it's a very tiny quaint town but of course is a huge tourist spot as well especially today as you might be able to see behind me a lot of people have turned out tonight there is a special light show going on behind me it's just about to start on the schloss cache where those ninety five theses were said to have been nailed by mohsin lisa five hundred years ago and many people arrived early as today trying to get close a picture of cells in front of those famous stalls but at the moment it's enjoying being in the spotlight that's one thing that's sure to say and fight over to you martin that five hundred years and how our relations between protestants and the roman catholic church well imperfect i mean certainly there are still theological divisions but nonetheless it is quite clear that these are two religious parties

that do work in unison and i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that they stand on the same size of the breasts of secularization martin thank you kate brady thank you we'll have more on the boss and live out of her straight later in the program also still to come here all day w. . kenya is it facing a wave of protest and instability that you observe is more of a dangerous standoff after a divisive election rerun bringing the reaction from nairobi. at a much improved by munich crisis celtic in the champions league but i want to fast without their thoughts like obama never. will have that i don't and just. it's whisper mission day sunday w. . will have programs around the clock marking its five hundredth anniversary. of

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against him and says he will only return to spain if he's guaranteed a fair trial. job it is interior minister says police have prevented a serious terror attack with the arrest of a syrian man enshrining they suspect reportedly had contact with islamist extremists and was gathering materials for a powerful bomb police are unclear about the intended tough. i can yourself position leader out of danger has criticised last week's election rerun in which president kenyatta was declared the winner on monday and then called the election a sham and said to have won the vote by fraud told supporters i would respond with economic boycotts but it's pickets and other legitimate forms of protest that's he made no mention of any legal challenge to the results and here is some of what rather a danger has been saying today we. are going to be much worse than the previous one it came to pass. as though they

were. in the national media has called it. a historic mistake among other things let's get more from each of c'mon a nairobi welcome tell us more about what right i think had to say and sort of action he's calling for. well it's just as you've said he's calling for what people expected civil disobedience to wrap it up because you saying that they need rather his supporters need to boycott the economy the specifics of this demand have not been given so we expect that you'll be giving more statements in the coming days by gentle civil disobedience protesting what we've seen in the last couple of days and so it's expected that his supporters will be out on the streets and we don't know how values are going to react to them and so once again this is

a wait and see situation here in kenya but this call for dialogue doesn't seem to represent a step back from his previous position no it does not because he did say categorically that if you is to sit down with current president who are looking at it would be one very specific terms one of which being to call for a free fair and fresh election and had a very specific goal which was within ninety days now the president did speak yesterday saying that while he was prepared to speak to position leader ryan or do he wasn't going to do so unless right howard dean had explored all the legal means which as you mentioned rain or didn't go did not mention meaning he might not pursue that channel this time around so now both sides have had a chance to make their speeches are kenyans reacting. there's a lot of uncertainty in the country and the general feeling is for a lot of people say they just want this entire process to be over it's been

a lot you can imagine three months to elections people want it over and done with but there's at the same time there are people who are divided over it on the one half you have dinner supporters who are saying this is what we need to do a loser continue where the struggle continues we have to be out in the streets and meet opposition norn and to be supporters who are the government supporters say that the election process is over and the country needs to get back on its feet especially b. because it's been battered economically at the moment and the country's electoral commission said the election the last election was was free and fair and proper but where our international observers our mess they're making statements all those daringly and very cautiously the e.u. and e.u. both made their statements today but they were very categorical that these are just preliminary statements they don't have the full versions out when they are ready but in natural the e.u. the african union did say or the observation here said that they thought the

election did seem credible on the most part rather the it was conducted with you hear cheers but they're casting doubt on their or other choosing not to speak on the credibility of the election itself that you're on the other hand has taken the ball step of seeing that those who do have concerns need to raise them in court and then the two parties need to sit down and dialogue perhaps implying that they think this is not over yet and there might need to be room for that it came on a in nairobi thank you. now russia has joined the white house in denying the collusion between donald trump and moscow during the twenty sixteen elections the kremlin pointed out that it is not implicated by the first criminal cases against the us president's associates this comes after donald trump's former campaign chief told manifolds and his associate rick gates placed under house arrest following their indictment in the special counsel's investigation and another former trump advisor george papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to f.b.i.

agents. but of facebook google and twitter google testifying before congress about a russian involvement in the two and sixteen election the three tech giants will be questioned about the extent to which criminal backed forces may have used their platforms to try to manipulate voters social media editor. well to call a bring us up to speed you have all these these hearings they start soon but we're already getting a sense now of the true reach of russian propaganda during the u.s. presidential election it turns out at least on facebook it was a lot wider than we thought and we have some new numbers here for you exactly what we mean and this is actually coming directly from facebook it was leaked before this congressional hearing they say one hundred twenty six million americans were potentially exposed to paid russian political content that's about a third of the population there more than eighty thousand of these facebook posts purchased and the cost was pretty reasonable phil one hundred thousand dollars

really not that bad if you want to fact in election right pretty cheap in fact these numbers they're much higher than what facebook previously announced and that's what people are kind of focusing on right now facebook again playing down these figures they say look tens of thousands oppose that represents a fraction of one percent of what you would find in your news feed so so they say how are these out supposed to work so what's interesting is these ads and they didn't necessarily focus on the candidates themselves they really zeroed in on the divisive issues in american politics to try to manipulate voters and this was all the across the political spectrum left and right and we can actually show you a couple of examples of some of these posts that are reportedly purchased by a russian propaganda team in the first one here it's aimed directly at gun owners as you can tell and this is from an account called defend the second referring to the second amendment as we mentioned not just conservatives they also targeted liberal voters this is another russian created the countess called black to vist

a pretty good name if you want to target black. lives matter activists and here it is advertising a memorial march for freddy gray who died in police custody and there were many more ads just like this one targeting different segments of the population and why did these posts warrant so much government attention yeah i mean i think it's because facebook knows americans better than almost anyone else they have so much information and they provide a lot of that information to their advertisers so the government is worried that again a government to come in during an election of course as an election next year and leverage some of that data once again a facebook they are actually taking some measures though this is a post here from mark zuckerberg the c.e.o. and they already shut down about four hundred seventy accounts of they say were linked to the kremlin and here he is promising stricter rules and more transparency for advertisers these hearings start very soon on capitol hill so maybe we'll learn more and we'll see what facebook has to say directly to congress call us when the.

crystal how's your business. i think. it could have been a good day over an aircraft maker our boss after all the company reported solid quarterly core operating earnings of almost seven hundred million euros but the good news was overshadowed by accuracies the company uncovered in its filings to u.s. regulators over sales of military hardware this comes on top of unresolved legal troubles from corruption probes in europe. air bus employees should prepare themselves for turbulent times this morning came from the c.e.o. himself tom enders and was directed to around one hundred thirty thousand employees worldwide the c.e.o. has also filed a corruption complaint with the british authorities against his own company and as wanted to clean up the european aircraft giant. this is going to be

a long process and there are potentially serious consequences including significant penalties to the company this is what end is wrote to the aircraft makers staff in early october the extent of the damage is not yet known the allegations are of kickbacks during sales of airbus passenger and military aircraft the effort to boost business also involved the use of illicit funds and g.p.s. sales agents for hot but boy from transparency international one thing is clear the company's management has failed and end as a c.e.o. is responsible. as of venice who is that in which to if it's true that he didn't know then there's definitely organizational problems which can be traced back to him and there's no question about it because after twenty years of o.e.c.d. rules ten years after the seaman scandal to not ensure that you know what's happening in your company is impossible and especially in such a difficult business situation with competition from boeing another competitor is

it's clear there's a strong temptation to do something like that ended should have taken more care even if you really didn't know. the result is that airbus could be hit with fines in the billions in britain and france and that could have a severe economic impact on the company in germany authorities are investigating the sale of fifteen euro fighter jets to austria here to there are also believed to be irregularities but in germany there's been no indictment against the company only individual employees and we desperately need a corporate criminal law where companies are threatened by serious punishment this is long been the case in britain and france we're thirty years behind and this is perhaps the consequence of the german age a network of interconnected german companies who protect each other and it's not ok . global companies like airbus and siemens are particularly susceptible to corruption especially in situations where the local customs are more blurred. and is now needs to demonstrate full cooperation with the authorities. ryanair is on

course to boles record annual profits despite recent turbulence the irish low cost carrier has reported an eleven percent drop and a half yearly profits after tax the news lifting ryanair shares by more than six percent that's restored half the market value wiped off following the scheduled chaos that recently triggered the cancellation of thousands of flights ryanair has reiterated its earnings forecast for the financial year which is ending next march . now earlier we asked you know wilson senior market analyst at index capital if ryanair has found a winning formula despite its recent problems that's why the profit guidance is unchanged the really really have to say that the cancellations that they. offered over the summer of in september are carrying through into into the winter not really affecting it that much that said there were. going to have to pay pilots around about one hundred million euros per year more and that's going to

significantly increase its labor costs going forward so there is some doubt around the operating model that on at the moment and whether it continue to be this super low cost operator. near wilson from. speaking there and that's all your business chris thank you now last month you leaders said they would curb the fee inflow of migrants from africa the dangerous mediterranean route one of the countries most affected is mulder the island nation lives about three hundred kilometers off the coast of north africa and it's one of the closest frontiers for migrants leaving from tunisia and libya well to has fulfilled its a you refugee quota so many of it left to fend for themselves as de w. has discovered this next report was co-founded by the european union as part of the info migrants project. there's plenty of work for refugees and this fish in boats and the local fisherman are happy to hire them the migrants do good work they say

and i willing to accept less pay than the locals i think the the with here they are free to the good. of course for us what they are this is a good deal but how do goes out to them when i see pictures of little children it's ok feeling sorry but you have to do something about it you know. far from the island famous tourist attraction fly straight industrial park of whole far or rats town it's also the site of one of malta's refugee camps i met with he and his sons are from sierra leone and have been living in a camp for six months at least wife drowned on the way he says he wants to start working right to work but it is not easy for me because of the two actually i don't need them to get future. if i stay. they cannot have mostly they're

like i did have a duty to be honest i've been suffering from mental health problems since i've been here i can't talk to anyone here this is a country that doesn't want to understand you know that show as with all of us refugees here what i've been experiencing a multi is something i can't do anything about and why people believe black mountain i'm a well be the only e.u. member state which has fulfilled its refugee relocation commitments even so many have to refugees here say they face a daily struggle with racism this crimean nation a lack of access to education or simply in finding a drop those of them who really had the chance to start a new life here are among the lucky few. many accuse malta of simply taking people in without offering real support but the government insists that's not the case we give them the or part. until then it depends on the people if they want to integrate or not but to give them all the opportunity to go out there to work to be

a part of life for children to go to school so we're doing our utmost there might be any us in the system industry and stray ssion and we're planning to improve it mohammed is one of those that could have fallen through the cracks when he arrived six years ago he also lived in rat town but he found a way to help themselves and others by co-founding spark fifteen a nonprofit aimed at helping your rivals and it's not easy. in europe but i can tell you you're a special martyr there is opportunity to make a change if you change you yourself first i do you know yourself through education be enough to move of the society. today mohammad call small to home to get it with his colleagues at spark fifteen she is trying to build bridges to how the to refugee start

a new life here too in football munich champions league campaign continues tonight as they take on celtic on saturday the bavarians took over the upon this latest top spot for the first time but they also suffered a blow of eleven dosti has been sidelined by fired three. i mean i think fines international attacking superstars packed and ready for their trip to scotland to face celtic one question remains however who will take robert levin dosti spot in the lineup and score the goal. i don't know maybe it will come as a bit of a surprise who plays up front we don't have any other choice. really is that. i always say we need everybody who is hurt not just lazy to get healthy as soon as they can for some that might take a while but that's not an excuse we just have to come through.

and it is i mean mr vajpayee. live in davos he will be hard to replace his thirteen goals across all competitions this season are by far the most on the team and his most naturally placements tomas miller is out injured as well. but in glasgow the bavarians injury was haven't caused any overconfidence celtic coach brendan rodgers defense knows they will have their hands full come what may. be no good live in this case. because no minnow you know. he had to piece as far from there for the team then because. and then i'm sure they will find a way to to to replace them but. that doesn't mean that he's going to meet the is going to make the game easier for us one thing the hoops will have on their side is the venue celtic park is among the most imposing stadiums in europe and biron will

need to be at their best whoever starts at center forward. by putting the last. globe dot com. this is black and. be up there. was a scene from between heaven and hell a german t.v. production telling the story of martin luther and his famous ninety five feces and other cultural highlights and again events celebrating the five hundred one of us three of the reformation robin merrill from the culture desk is here welcome so today marks the climax of the celebrations and most of germany got the day off yeah actually the former east german states have had the day off on this day since nine

hundred ninety since they were reunited with germany but because it's not five hundred everybody in germany has got a day off for this this one except fossil billy has to. there's a year of celebrations draws to a close well whatever the hits and misses well there's really be such a wide range of things going on there's been a bit of criticism this is a good bit too much over kill of it all but most of things have been well received i mean there's been sixty two music projects going on luther by the way as choir composer you will know a couple of his him probably i won't sing them to the hour but you know you don't have to have. exhibitions have been all around the country there's been twenty four theater projects loads of events and readings lots going on let's have a look at some of the great highlights of the year. it's the feel good hit of luther yeah more than four hundred thousand visitors have immerse themselves in

a free hundred sixty degree panorama that transports them back to sixteenth century . c.c. and his fifty member team spent six years creating this monumental work on a canvas fifty meters tall and seventy five meters in circumference the stations are luther. and photographed with actors and local extras. the most popular attraction in a crowded a reformation year program. nearby the ninety five treasures ninety five people exhibition was also a hit with the public the ninety five treasures include objects luther knew or even held his writings and representing the world at the time of the reformation.

the ninety five people personalities with a connection to martin luther it's no coincidence that american baptist martin luther king shares the same name. and then the english king henry the eight reformation led to the founding of the church of england the show has attracted two hundred thousand visitors thus far. a third exhibition in person stands in stark contrast luther and the god a boxing glove to symbolize the monks who sparred with the catholic church inside the objects of behind bars a central theme is individual freedom an idea highly prized by martin luther. there are works by mark. and on phone terry your nathan me. some of it may have fans of luther scratching their heads

still forty thousand visited the luther years most provocative. now the church five hundred years ago the catholic church was it was all powerful it was a political entity as well so luther challenge that so far is it but he didn't get sent to jail oh well now even with yes exactly i mean hung drawn and quartered judith thought but actually had two things firstly the local ruler of the electorate of sex and he was called frederick the wise who was a devout catholic but for some reason he protected luther even hit him in vauxhall corsa where he famously translated the bible and this is the other thing luther was . i mean he was a great marketing genius and self publicist of the time because he took advantage of the great media thing that was the printing press and he he got his bible

published everybody got to know me recently a sort of pop star of the time and perhaps he was untouchable they didn't feel they could touch him i think you'd have been amused instantly by some of the marketing things that are on sale in this five hundredth anniversary of you here you see some scrolls of his ninety five theses you can buy one of those or if you're not so keen on that side of things you could have a bottle of beer there's beer and there's even stronger stuff so his name's on a bottle of spirits as well there's also a music box playing is hymns of course but the big hits of the year the big commercial hit to the air was rather surprising me a play of be a figure of luther which is the biggest play most we'll figure out most successful sorry ever sold over a million and luther being a very clever operator was like he was i think going to be the muse by all that and i did indeed i think he would have been if he'd live today to being a mega tweeter and an absolute sort of embraced social media really well you know because he was

a great self publicist and in amongst all of these events there's even been a pop or a tornado written in his has this is a huge choral piece it's not actually about. this is more about the time when he had to go to meet the holy roman emperor in the city of worms he had to appear before him and he was then condemned as a heretic and had to be taken to castle that's where he was hidden but we've hopefully got some pictures of this oratory being sung because there are actually in this particular performance three thousand sing is under full. it was actually written more famous german. music producer for the to follow sorry and it's been very well received in its concert performance so much so they're expecting that will go on after this year be performed many times more like this one a stadium. auditorium yes let's. try this six more

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