this is d.w. news line from berlin that desperation depends in indonesia as the death toll surges to more than twelve hundred following last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami people wait for news of the loved ones and relatives and recall the horror of the moment when disaster struck. one of the ground started moving i went i'm sorry. one from the whole street rose up in the air was like

a wave off and we were swept away we'll hear from an aid worker about how survivors are coping also coming up. drugs crime and punishment beatings we have an exclusive undercover report from what's become known as europe's most dangerous and violent refugee camp on the greek island. plus the nobel prize in physics goes to a woman for the first time in over fifty years she and two other scientists were honored for their groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics and u.s. first lady melania trump is in ghana to kick off a five day tour over africa it's a first foreign trip without her husband and it's a continent he once allegedly insulted a correspondent in a crowd has been gauging reaction to have visit. and the buddhist reigning champions have been less than perfect to defending their championship this year's end. but by and munich are hoping for

a boost tonight in the europe wide champions league. welcome to the program authorities in indonesia say the death toll from last week's earthquake tsunami is now more than twelve hundred meanwhile survivors are growing angry at the government's response to the disaster with aid slow to arrive in the quake zone they're running short of food fuel and other essentials. the days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami survivors are still struggling to get hold of aid fuel is in short supply here people are trying to collect as much petula as they can officials are trying to assure them that more is on the way. and. logistical aid is coming in so the support being offered to refugees is

better compared to day one. and even yesterday. we still need more time to take care of all the problems because supply chains have been disrupted in the disaster zone. eight shipments will have to contend with pirate teaches and damaged roads like this the damage infrastructure is also making it harder to recover the day amid all this rescuers are continuing to search through the rubble in the hope of finding more survivors despite longer and longer all odds. we remain optimistic that they are alive. but scientifically speaking by this time such an event the chance of the body being able to survive such an ordeal. this is again heidi me. about it was the thing that kind of summed up means that. they were but there are moments of joy. some people are still being

rescued. and. i'm joined now by priscilla kristin communications director from world vision indonesia a christan humanitarian aid organization thank you for joining us so we've just heard that there are reports of food and fuel shortages what are you hearing about the situation on the ground. there is there maintenance that we are facing only in a little while we also plan to distribute all the pieces and all. who. we. need to do their part of the nation we've been so. bad to be we start. and. local government. and with so much needed in so many areas what are your priorities in

responding to the disaster. yeah we already. as the police for me are all thieves in and also believe we are family. we want to make sure especially for the children the half of for two ply and in the shark we also planned on the new will be sleepy with goods like that if only in life lanka the family kids and i didn't eat and those who fought the ethical people aspiration reported to have been the activities and in fact we also want to focus more on the floor to make sure that you can have enough food and also run through because. of communicability slease because of the work that's why i make the day and yes that is a man thought was that we want to do it and the other one we also we plan to be on

the diet and respond so it's like a space where the two democratically for a while they can breed the slowly began. to release about the farm might be off to our plea to get the axe but he ends. all right now priscilla this is something i want to get into because the organization is obviously helping people beyond a media needs he talked about helping people deal with trauma especially children what exactly does that take. you know. do we just start. at the mark to do scenes or the first the out that we as the beast this place where do we. do that in the story and also in probably the theater and what happened then what you should do. you should not meet and then kind of the broad warmer and. more release and the are not what.

we perceive kristin worldvision communications director thank you for joining us let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world boris johnson has intensified his challenge to british prime minister to resign may's regs of plans the former foreign secretary told the conservative party conference that may's plans for trading with a bloc after britain leaves were undemocratic and not what people voted for he was given a standing a standing ovation. christiana ronaldo is being sued in the united states by a woman who claims a portuguese player raped her nine years ago she says she was assaulted at the las vegas hotel and that she was tricked into keeping quiet rinaldo has dismissed the allegations as fake news. donald trump has told reporters this is quote a scary time for young men he made the remark while affirming support for his embattled

supreme court nominee bret's governor who is accused of sexual assault when he was in college now a senate confirmation vote uncovered i was candid ac is expected this week. we have an exclusive undercover report for you now from the greek island of lesbos home to the notorious moria my migrant camp it's known for its overcrowded conditions more than eight thousand people are crammed into a facility built for just three thousand violence and prostitution are said to be commonplace but in recent months criminal activities of the camp seem to have taken on a new quality people living there say they have been terrorized by islamic state militants who have begun arriving from syria. and. went to the camp to investigate. the bloody attack in camp morea last may suspected isis members were apparently the driving force several were injured

severely some attackers were arrested. when their tank it's about twenty of them who got. hit with metal bars. the merciless. the same slogans that isis members will follow as great isis will remain and expand . as much as gave from iraq to lesbos he lived direct in next to the priest isis group before he fled the camp in fear for his life. many other residents of the camp tell us a similar story they are still fanatic. about. if you know islam i care with you i cannot tell anyone they have spies everywhere. we want to see what's really going on inside the can run us. thank you we are not allowed and so two former residents go in for us and take

a hidden camera with them. morea is like a lawless slum eight thousand refugees live here and the inhumane conditions in jail say the campus increasingly being controlled by criminal gangs or stop a cafe round. he's one of the group's ring leaders hash crystal meth pills you can buy anything here our informants tell us the man behind the coffee machine is one of henchmen. rader is one of our informants he leads us to level three of the camp apparently under isis control the group consists of about fifty men independent sources confirmed that fifty in a camp of eight thousand. traces of violence we recognize this window from the video footage showed us earlier. here isis graffitti on the wall apparently the group feels so safe that it claims an entire zone within

the camp as its own greater fear for his life here now he lives in safety innes own apartment. he choked me and prays to blight to my throat told his friends to come and he said hold him down so i can slit his throat. of the. other plans to export terror from inside the camp to europe the fact that they openly professed membership speaks against that meanwhile german security staff confirm they have information about isis affiliates in camp morea. but what are greek authorities and the police doing to stop the violence. the greek ministry for migration policy refused an interview they say they're too busy to provide a spokesperson to police to remain silent if the camp unless both closes down as the governor of the region recently stated it's uncertain what will happen to the violent game sources say that some of the alleged isis leaders have already made it

to athens. was one of the d.w. journalists who produce that report and she now joins me in studio for more so model how exactly did you find out about the gang that's operating inside this refugee camp well many contacts lesbos work and n.g.o.s for example and one of them already told me months ago that there were rumors spreading inside the camp that there's a violent gang attack or attacking other refugees and all saw during this period of time there were many refugees arriving from the syrian province of the resort which was one of the last i strongholds and also he told me about the graffiti which were appearing during this time inside the camp and this distinct area which where for example one. said there is or will remain in the grow which resembles a lot of very well known isis logon which was isis will remain in accra so there was all there were all these hens and doubt and then we thought ok there might be

something behind these rumors or we should go there and talk to people and so you went to there but what was the most difficult part not only in research but also when you were on the field in trying to do this story so in the beginning the most difficult part was to get people talking about this topic many were afraid witnesses of victims were very afraid to talk about the topic also and your work as a very reluctant to talk to us because they said you know we don't want to deliver a wrong impression we don't want to say that all refugees in moria isis terrorists which is definitely not true. and so it was hard to keep you know to keep the dialogue about this topic but then after months of being on skype being with witnesses and victims they opened up a bit and as soon as we were there it was also hard to get you know our servers to to a question for example the attack which happened end of may was during ramadan and

. we noticed that the victims there were targeted were mainly kurdish and we wondered why kurdish and one could refugee told us of course religious reasons they said we were not respecting ramadan they said we were not fasting we were not wearing his jobs we were listening to music and someone else told me no it's of course political reasons the kurdish peshmerga are fighting isis in syria iraq still of course they're fighting here as well with us so it was we tried to make this process transparent and to make clear that these two answers. are the answers to this question for example looking at the report you know i get the impression the discomfort is rife with criminality we were talking about violence prostitution drug dealing which you showed there what do you think was motivating this gang well definitely criminality plays a huge part but that criminality and isis go hand in hand is also known so the drug

dealing part for example is actually had many would say it's so forbidden. but also it's a way to get money and. we think that of course it could be a criminal gang and so income but also it could be more we simply don't know. thank you for your report and for your chat here in studio and welcome. germany's coalition government has struck a deal on immigration reform the new law is based on the canada model ranking would be ranking rather would need would be immigrants according to their education their age language skills and financial security now we talk to focus on attracting skilled workers will help feel a record number of job vacancies. the german economy has a problem a lack of skilled workers now the government plans to tackle the shortfall with a new immigration law in the hope of attracting more skilled workers from abroad.

the proposed changes will target people from outside the e.u. migrants with vocational qualifications would then have six months to try and find work but not without the correct qualification and a demand for their skill set in the labor market but the plan will continue to treat asylum seekers and economic migrants differently. but there could eventually be greater flexibility for refugees who successfully integrate in germany's labor market says german economy minister peter. we have made a very clear distinction between asylum seekers on the one hand where we are already and prepared to protect people in need for protection and people looking for integration in the labor market in germany and the basic principle that we are. presenting the proposed law german interior minister horse the horse for

stressed however that germany doesn't want immigration into its welfare system. now after months of conflict in the german government over migration policy it seems chancellor angela merkel's coalition has finally managed to agree on something. three scientists from the united states canada and france have been awarded this year's nobel prize for physics one of them is the first woman to win the prize in almost six decades the trio are recognized for their research in the field of laser physics now the swedish academy in stockholm says their work is turning science fiction into reality. backwards and they did it in star trek making objects move with a laser beam without touching them in a t.v. series they called it the tractor beams on you can't believe. it isn't science fiction anymore at least on

a macroscopic level. one of the three winners of the nobel prize in physics after ashkan invented a laser light trap known as optical tweezers. it works like a ping pong ball over a hairdryer. and lens focus is the laser creating a spot of high light intensity particles are drawn to that point and tell them place the optical tweezers contract the virus suspect or other very small living objects without damaging them. the first part of the prize with to the optical creases been extremely important for measuring small forces on individual molecules small objects and this is very very interesting in biology to understand how things like muscle tissue works lasers also fascinated donna strickland along with her mentor who she won the other half of the nobel prize for physics they invented a new method for creating ultra short high intensity laser beams called shaped pulse amplification the technique produces strong and very precise pulses that

don't damage surrounding material like here on the right that's useful in a wide range of applications. that means that we can operate with perception and that's important both for saw three places i saw this also important to make small pause that ought to be inserted in the four you don't need to hold the position and you also need the reproducibility making piece want you to see so i much prefer not strict and is only the third woman to ever win a nobel prize in physics the first in fifty five years in a phone call during the nobel prize press conference she said more lightly put on so that's one problem. we have our great. women have hair because her hair. and how heavy. metal hard part. i'm honored to be one of the women. laser technology will burn her name and those

of her physicist colleagues into the history book of science they're finding so not only be used in research but also practice and fields from medicine to industrial machinery. after mr spock but probably be happy marwood. asako is joining me now to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision so ana we've just heard donna strickland the saying that we have to basically celebrate women physicists because they're there but i want to draw your attention to a d.w.i. article that's on today on all websites and it says of the twenty eighty nobel prize in physics recognize revolutions in laser physics and the lack of a revolution in equality i mean why it is so few women who've won these well first of all we're really happy that a woman was one now and we kind of expected it because it has been so long women have been for the longest time not to recognize or ignore it in science and that's

because. of course back in the days thirty years ago when when denominations where. the right when the. committee member of the nobel prize actually said that the nominations reflect the gender balance of thirty years ago so that means that back in the days there were fewer scientists but there were also brilliant scientists just for various reasons so you have to take history into account as well but it's also because i think it's called the matilda effect you see it's. women are less rican honest and less accepted as few most scientists and it's happened to a lot of women for example we don't really know dat d.n.a. was not discovered for what's and quick but from rosalind franklin we don't learn

that school you see our debt first full so swear discovered by all the now and not by us who ended up winning the nobel prize for it so there is. gender bias in science there stated it backs it and this is one of the reasons why it's so few women in the past and hopefully this will change in the future but it looks like that mentality from thirty years ago is still exists today i mean just yesterday this scientist. was suspended after seeing the physics was invented and built by men and he also suggested that scientists were being discriminated against because of ideologist how big a deal is gender in the sciences yet it's obviously a really big deal you know we can do a little exercise if you close your eyes and picture scientists that person is probably male female and pale you see and that happens to a lot of people but as i mentioned before there are

a lot of women in science and they have been throughout history just that they have been overlooked in the past and that's why it's so important to know showcase the women more because if we showcase them more we will that will influence people to accept and more in certain positions you see nowadays we see a lot of males scientists on the board on panel of experts and it's kind of a vicious circle we see them or so we kind of think science is male ignoring the female part and there's a big female scientific community out there as well even strickland said there are a lot of women out there we have to celebrate them more and that's what also the north committee will do in the future hopefully. we will definitely continue to celebrate the. thank you for joining me. to soccer now where by in munich are coming off a bad blunder seeing

a weak having drawn at home to oxburgh and then losing to hit a billion on the road they're looking to find their groove in their champions league clash tonight but they face a tough test against a dutch club with a rich history. when it rains it pours the clouds are hanging over byron munich after a bad spell and the mood at training match the weather some stern faces wrong show as byron plot their recovery from a dreadful showing that hurts of berlin ill timed tackles a lack of urgency and a defense all the same it has a cruise to a two no went on friday despite the setback coach nico covert she's the head of the clash with iraq's. suppose you have to stay positive after a draw and a defeat you can't just throw everything into question when things were going well beforehand there was optimism among every single player and also myself and the expectation is that we will win our coming games. and robin will expect to play

against his fellow dutchman as bio and look for a creative spot clearly lacking in the last week. the game at the allianz arena gives five time winners buy on the chance to make it two victories from two in the champions league but four times when as i x. will be tough customers and believe they can spring a surprise. if we just need to be calm and believe in our qualities you know we'll be very hard. because he's one of the best teams on the board and for sure can do that for. for champions league to be champion but we need to. believe in our philosophy by and face a tricky obstacle in their bid to rediscover their best form. now if you've ever raced or cheered someone on that. you know what a mess they are to clean up especially at the water stops where hundreds maybe even

thousands of plastic cups and bottles practically clog the road the solution well one company in london has developed a new solution to the plastic problem. this little boy could save the streets from the plastic cups and bottles so-called. made from plant and seaweed extract making them entirely edible and if they're not actually consumed the producers say biodegrade in four to six weeks at the richmond marathon in london the jelly like globules went down a treat. back . runners and event organizers have long known what a pain plastic can be for them in particular these biodegradable drinking vessels and important innovation. removing.

these weird little water due to be trialled running events in the near future if they continue to receive a positive reaction they could be a permanent replacement for plastic. germany's former boxing world champion. has died after being hit by a car in its early rocky won a world championship titles in both the super middleweight and light heavyweight division he was also a controversial figure in and out of the ring who served two prison terms and at one point boxing authorities for stripping him of his title. still to come u.s. first lady. a five day tour of africa it's her first foreign trip with her husband and it's a continent he was insulted. well get reactions to have visit from guyana. and twenty years ago today the new paltz democrats it was unveiled in barely made it

out from a barren no man's land on the edge of the berlin wall rosa believing there's a sense that we'll be asking has it been a success. for. you all watching the news in berlin we're taking a really short break but we'll be back in just two minutes don't go too far. from. the to. the to. play. the twenty eight teams world economic forum unsustainable development in the euro. in a highly unstable chief minister environment and security strategies be patronised with development comes the t.w. visit and some high profile panel discussions hosted by sarah hemi the twenty eight

team detail you just say let's move economic forum in the u.s. st paul truong serves the team for the solid gold coast. we make up over a week watches over half of the undead budget cuts we all of the surface of. the game want to shape the continent's future it's hard to enjoy dumpsters because they share their stories their dreams and their championships the seventy seven percent platform for africa charging. the contentious figure at home. in germany. from the following the a plane to german reunification the fans. of the cold . war charges one of the great heroes of the twentieth century. gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change quickly but

his downfall i have decided to resign my duties as president to serve your team. he continues to fight for peace with a reminder when you know you have to comprehend where producers taken us today there is a new. time gorbachev and the opportunity for peace we still starts october third d. w. . welcome back here with news our top stories indonesia has raised the death toll from last week's earthquake to more than twelve hundred survivors meanwhile have begun looting shops for food after not eating for several days people in smaller towns in the quake zone have criticized the government saying response to the disaster was slow. us first lady melania trump is in ghana the

first stop on a weeklong visit to four african countries now it's her first foreign trip first for a tour of her as first lady without her husband she was greeted at international airport by have going to. go and government officials from there should visit a hospital as part of her best policy initiative to promote children's wellbeing after guy not sure visit malawi kenya and egypt. well our correspondent. is standing by capital i like it's good to see you so donald trump has a history of charged language let's call it that about africa how are people in ghana reacting to visit. but it's little really reaction from. here they really know little about him. something i

have busy really trade would be so much interested in have receipts you obviously would get a reaction from some of the canyons i've been speaking to get in trouble. like something we've had unprecedented and queen thinking come to visit our country and . that it has actually changed i just feel that this is going to be just any normal states diplomatic mission to a country like diana i don't feel that there's going to be any development in the country if she comes on. what some is telling us does the same thing. so. i think it's ok initiative to come here but i don't see improvements in relations. to come and go and everything stick with it i don't think it would change any of

our relationship because trauma is always trying cannot be predicted always strong . personally i don't think it's going to make any impact depends what she's come to do if maybe they have some biological discussions and stuff and she's bringing some cash then probably you know two governments otherwise this is no news. so i guess i could looks like they're very low expectations there but what's on my line is agenda. can you hear me all right i understand that isaac is unable to hear me we apologize for that technical issue so we'd like to move on now to another story in juba where online hate speech is far from harmless sometimes it can lead to real world violence often. dramatic consequences for those targeted south sudan has seen a rise in the problem since the country plunged into a civil war between government forces and rebels in twenty thirteen

a peace building initiative based in the capital juba is trying to promote a more positive conversation on social media to help mitigate violence both on and off like well did up your correspondent patrick or yet met with the organization behind it. hate speech on social media is the big problem insults done online insults can even spill over into the real world sometimes in the form of physical attacks. founded the group defy heeds now which holds workshops to tackle online abuse she believes young people in south sudan i in the best position to take action we can fit together without dividing ourselves we can stay together without having this element of hate inherited from the elders to our generation because this generation and the future generation relies on the decisions that we make it is a matter of choice the civil war which has been region in the country since twenty

their teen has coincided with a stark rise in hate speech on social media deep divisions between the country's sixty four ethnic tribes are getting worse and some people are using online platforms to spread propaganda. modi is campaigning across the country making radio and t.v. appearances she even left her job teaching journalism to dedicate herself to discourse. we are also looking for people we can partner we desperately need and especially with us today. so that we can also reach out to. the impacts of some of the messages because there is so much we did some years back indeed it is that most some of the hate speech is coming from. the. insults the done the war has also made the media a target journalist often i rested for covering said stories or accused of

spreading fake news modi's group uses twitter facebook and instagram to show the other side of the story. the encourage people to make up their own minds at the end of the day this is safety is our at the end of the day we still remain within south sudan or even if we travel we go somewhere else even if we go and get a second citizenship without citizenship i don't know how possible that is but this there remains our community if it remains our country of origin and how we should build it we need us to all put our heads together that respective of the different groups only then she says will the war come to an end online and offline having is here with the business and another fallout in this never ending dizzle gate scandal heads are rolling in it and some are saying finally german carmaker folk star has officially cut loose the former chief of its subsidiary audi over his alleged role

in the scandal for its bargain reports that by mutual agreement suspended audi boss will part start is to evacuate his place on the boards of the w. and audi effective immediately in june starter was jailed on charges of fraud and office cation in connection with the emissions cheating scandal. but at the same time germany apparently has finally found common ground over the diesel dispute the government and other stakeholders including car makers came to an agreement yesterday that will see incentives for diesel car owners to exchange them for more environmentally friendly vehicles the alternative could have been rolling out bans for diesel cars across germany bowing to pressure from brussels and environmental groups but some complain the measures put in place are not strict enough on the manufacturers. the position of the german government is clear automakers will be in charge of making diesel cars in german cities cleaner along overnight session resulted in a few resolutions they include hardware retrofits the costs are to be borne by the

manufacturers not vehicle owners carmakers also promise to offer discounts if older polluting cars are traded in for new vehicles or cleaner used models both will apply in fourteen regions of germany with especially high pollution. in the automotive industry has to show responsibility. these are the cornerstones of this concept. we want to secure the future of diesel. the agreement is pretty much up to the discretion of auto makers though only dimer invokes wagon would consider hardware retrofits for example while other car makers like opel and b.m.w. reject them diesel drivers in germany are understandably skeptical. if we're lucky we'll get part of our cars value back but the main cost will still have to be carried by the average joe. that in the event it was lost and look if they decide by law that you can only circulate if you get an emission badge for example then

car makers have to ensure that private citizens can afford it. that's people of puzzlement. diesel emissions are a major cause of high nitrogen oxide levels in some regions that's why several german cities have threatened to ban older diesel vehicles the european commission has also pressured germany to comply with pollution limits in other european countries governments are already restricting diesels in cities or even banning them altogether like in denmark. well we just saw how difficult it is to find solutions and let's not forget that germany wants to see one million electric cars on its streets by twenty twenty but it's still a long way off that target a lack of charging stations for one thing is proving problematic the dutch though just the neighbor next door country are showing how it's done their cheaper electricity and a better network of charging stations mean there are already one hundred twenty thousand aleck trick r.'s and dutch robots. if your battery runs out in amsterdam

you're never far from a charging station. there are already two and a half thousand in the city and that figure is set to continue rising. these two women work for dutch utility company energy which has installed a significant proportion of the stations with subsidies from local authorities. and. local governments charging infrastructure right from the beginning. and like in many other cities the locations of new charging stations are determined by where residents say they need them. also benefit from substantial tax incentives for electric vehicles as a result say the authorities residents are being won over to the idea of.

a ninety minute drive away already has forty three electrically powered city busses they have a range of around one hundred kilometers on a full battery which needs half an hour to charge. the buses were retrofitted by video the bus builders order books are currently full thanks also to the dutch government's ambitious commitments. twenty twenty five all new protests but few calls should be zero emission and at a small village he saw for a big part of that twenty thirty s will be all operational in zero emission because twenty twenty five looks. as not if but meanwhile technical university now boasts a special course in electro mobility where students build more efficient batteries but even the netherlands has some catching up to do says this professor especially compared to china where there are currently sixteen thousand electric buses on the road. to india now where police on tuesday fire tear gas and water cannons to

halt a march by thousands of protesting farmers headed for the capital new delhi they are asking the government to take action against falling prices for their products for president modi there's a lot of stake. reeling from a crash in commodity prices more than fifty thousand farmers from the northern state of dash the top producer of wheat and sugar cane block part of the main highway to the capital the new delhi police commissioner insists the tear gas and water cannons were intended to keep the peace and to keep traffic flowing. please don't try to cross over the barricades and enter new delhi a state of emergency has been imposed the residents of new delhi shouldn't face any inconvenience our main objective is that everything continues in a peaceful manner. the discontent in rural areas has turned into anger against

prime minister narendra modi who faces a tough general election next year. farmers had started flocking to the city late on monday authorities then barred gatherings of more than four people the government gave the police of green light to brutally beat up the farmers according to the opposition congress party focus on a great business who should the farmers speak to about their issues we've chosen the government so who should we talk to should we go to pakistan or bangladesh india is an independent country farmers have a right to put forward their demands if they have problems the government must listen. thought about it because for about modi's problems have been worsened by a failure to deliver on a promise of tens of millions of jobs for young people that helped him win a huge mandate in twenty fourteen. and for those of you who are hungry you may want to listen closely or maybe not the demand for vegan food in europe is leading to new creations every week and you know opportunities for businesses ready to cash in

on the trend one shop in london is now offering wait for it the can fish and chips to its customers instead of fish the owner uses spend out of blossoms marinated in seaweed just try it out for yourself. if you think that this is fish and chips you're in for a big surprise me again so used to love fish and chips and now try to vigan rendition in london one fish and chip shop on the saw an increased amount of you can food and decided to make london cyclonic snack a vailable to be construed. well we started back in january began new every week but with the g eight summit be going on the menu to see how it goes went really well so that we introduced a full menu in one of our branches again went really well and you know give the public what they want but they want this it's made of banana blossom smatter need to be in seaweed it's very delicious and it tastes more nutritional. i don't

know what fish and chips think is a really good alternative. is reagan customers are happy with the new fare the ambitious on their hopes he can afford the price tag on the new regan from the ingredients which cost more than the traditional ones. so for business i'm going to hand you back to egypt who has already looked for flights to london to go and try that he can fish and chips leaves happy i want the real deal. and i might be having about tomorrow because it's been twenty eight he is sincere unification of east and west germany an event that will be mocked tomorrow when german celebrates the country's annual unity day holiday but when will mark the event be three days of festivities and d.-w. is going to kettles took to the capital streets to find out what the third of october means to people in germany today. when the war came down aquash of all germans were not yet born or like me they were too young to feel any connection to

this important event anyone who wasn't there back then can now relive history here in berlin at the origin of the locations along this two point five kilometer stretch the wire ran right in front of the rice tock visitors can learn more about the fall of the berlin wall and the time after that on a tour through their government district and some can cost them minds back. well that was very emotional. yes we all cried. starting to do so now for three months artist it should never be forgotten many families were torn apart and many were reunited with german reunification it was a great party fest so it's not violent in strange piece of history here you're right in middle of it just an indescribable feeling even with all these chinese here and bits of the wall you still can't imagine it's. david hasselhoff song looking for freedom to him

a free union is the only thing i remember. the fact that i and others who were children in the west at least can recall much goes to show how incredible those events were it was a peaceful revolution on the ninth of november east germany eased its travel restrictions to the west faced with mass demonstrations east german gotz open the border us. what followed was a unique period in history the eleven months between the fall of the wall and the form of the reunification of east and west germany shown in this exhibition called half time it was a time in between two political systems and two societies both whites met here in berlin a city that was no longer divided but also not yet fully reunited. finally on the third of october one thousand nine hundred ninety germany was formally reunified the brandenburg gate and still the iconic symbol of that moment for three

days this installation by street artist j. r. is a reminder of when the war came down this year's party is less about celebrating and more about remembering this is the old it's good that we think of it today or on the third because we have a democracy that we have to defend it which is in danger right now. we have the awareness that what we have is not a given that we have a united country you can't take freedom for granted and you have to keep that in mind especially today. well it's our history and our history is part of our right density and we should always be aware of that. but i think there are still differences be only find out about them when you start talking to people. today of the third or fourth told us our national holiday for many it's just a day off for no special reason to celebrate perhaps that's because reunification isn't simply a beautiful story there's

a feeling of freedom yes but also the aftereffects of division which you can feel like no way. twenty years ago today the new plots on the plots was unveiled from a barren no man's land rose keening fifty cent a symbol glass and steel of germany's transformation after reunification. and joining me to talk about the architecture of the symbolism and the inspiration and all that jazz if you like behind the new put style of plants is d.w. culture editor scott roxboro thanks for joining us so why don't you take us back to the beginning when did this project begin to rebuild the center of building you know all came about just after unifications we're talking the early one nine hundred ninety s. and the german government at the time which was then planning to move it the capital the jews of germany which was a boy and westerners to move it to berlin and they had in the city really in the

center of the city what used to be the old center before the second world war potsdamer platz but it was completely destroyed it was essentially rubble so that the shoot hold the center of the city and they wanted to rebuild it but the idea wasn't then to just restore it to how it looked before the war but to create a sort of a new city within the city that would represent some of the sort of symbol symbolized what what germany could be what this new reunify germany could be and so this is what they came up with let's take a look. three skyscrapers modest in size and you know and eye catching cutting edge architecture at the twenty first century version of what's time of plants the scars of the post of visible but you do have to look quite closely this double line of cobblestones marks the position of the berlin wall a few segments of the old war have been watching to give surest

a history last. but not everybody needs one. so we were here my wife and i were your words he said we want there are no it was very very different of course we. went to. places we could see over the wall we could see that there is not something not going here in part some reports so it's very interesting we come back forty seven years later to see. all the developments on more you. post on our planet was already power so you can live life back in the one nine hundred twenty s. until the second world war it was europe's busiest square when the berlin wall went up in one thousand nine hundred sixty one points them up plants became part of the no man's land. the first segments of the war were removed just a few days after the border opening on nov ninth one thousand and nine thousands of east germans crossed into west berlin in one thousand nine hundred four the complete redevelopment of the site potsdamer platz became the biggest building site

in europe it officially opened in ninety eight and was completed two years like a new city within the city with a four billion euro price tag the sony center still retains its original name although its ownership has changed several times some of plants is a big draw for violinist and tourists alike who flock here night and day. well so is this new city within a city a success in your opinion i think so i mean a lot of berliners are really critical particularly when i wonder opened twenty years ago this new possible possible that this doesn't belong in berlin it's too new it's it's too modern it's also sort of too big they at the time but then was seen as being sort of a smaller provincial city particularly by west berliners who who remember being enclosed by the wall and thought no no this is this is doesn't belong here but i don't know i think it's a bit like that movie field of dreams you know when if you build it they will come

the image the vision that people had of berlin what it would be back then twenty years ago when they created the stewpot summer plus that sort of a prolonged has become i mean the tourist came the the the artists came to hipsters came and they sort. transform the city in a way that it has become sort of a really international world capital which is the sort of imagined dream back then twenty years ago when this new possible was created and the transformation is amazing i mean i always think back there was a film made just before the wall came down called wings of desire by vendors and there's a great scene in that film one old man is wandering around the remnants. of the no man's land to try to find possum or plus and he can't because it's all just rubble and compare that to what parts is now which is a center of culture and and an activity and show business i mean most famously it's a center where the berlin film festival happens every year and so you know you have bill murray coming out and jamming on the red carpet or or tilda swinton coming coming by this is sort of the potsdamer platz and now this is what it's become i

can understand berliners who criticize it and say it's kind of artificial and so on but you know i compared it to times square in new york it's a bit of artificial maybe even to kitschy but it's almost like a huge big billboard for the city and i think it really does work that way with thousands to me like you're a fan of yes definitely and despite the criticism do you think that it's stood the test of time yeah i think so a lot of people criticize that back then and still do for saying it architecturally quite conservative and agree with that it's not it's not really cutting edge it was a bit at the time but definitely more but i think what was interesting is what they did back then was something a bit new instead of tried to build just the most cutting edge architecture that they could they could find the piano who is the lead architect the time architect who designed boast of the area possible plots he tried to create a living space would welcome in people and so the people would would would embrace

potsdamer platz and they really have i mean compared to some places some other big architectural projects which are sort of look great but are abandoned by at night when people go home to go home. plus our class is busy day and night you see you see hundreds of one hundred thousand people visit there every day it's really has been embraced by the has become the sort of heart of berlin even it might be a little bit khichri well you culture editor scott roxboro thank you. a bit of surfing is now a vague way of surfing actually and there's a new entry in the guinness book of world records and you should be able to see why when you look a president and mary gabby on this enormous wave off the coast of portugal it's almost twenty one meters high making it the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. as record the ride dates back to january but was finally recognized on monday it's all the more impressive noting that she nearly drowned in twenty thirteen knocked unconscious while surfing the same big break in competition.

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