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this is due to be a news live from berlin germany marks the anniversary of reunification following the fall of the wall nearly thirty years ago. the country's leaders gather for a ceremony at berlin state opera house they call germany's unity a success story but also urging germans from east and west to start listening to each other also coming i'm scared to go inside a house by myself and only go with my parents if they're not with me i won't go into this and i'm still as the death toll from indonesia as the earthquake goes up
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to more than fourteen hundred our correspondent visits one of the thousands of families trying to deal with both trauma and hunger. british prime minister theresa may dancer's her way onto the stage ahead of a key speech aimed at persuading the critics in her party to support her strategy on pricing she warns the party about the tough talks. and the nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work on proteins humankind's chemical problems our correspondent will explain. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us here in germany people all over the country are marking the twentieth anniversary of the nation's reunification official celebrations are ongoing at the berlin state opera right in the heart of the city events that kicked off with a play in the i. president orchestra playing beethoven the keynote speech was
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delivered by bundestag president. he spoke at length about immigration a topic that has brought division among germans let's listen in to part of what he said at the celebrations. we have to provide assistance to and that's an obligation as human beings it's part of the. christian religion. occidental this applies to citizens who are vulnerable and who listen to people who come to our shores in order to seek refuge but we have limited possibilities because we want to preserve and protect the asylum rights we need to tell my friends who come to our shores for other motives that we can only accept too many greedy i mean as far as this doesn't engender the future of iraq country we want to protect people from drowning but we on the other hand we want to protect
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prevent human trafficking across the seas and this is something this is a conundrum a contradiction that we need to face and tolerate as a human society and everybody needs to find their own compromise because this is you only way when between people in the political flexibility to take let's bring in our correspondent hans brian todd he is in central berlin for us where there are a number of festivities taking place today for twenty eight years of german reunification i have good to see you so we heard. the president of the bundestag there a touching on the challenge of migration he also touched on another number of other issues as well what did you make of the speech that he delivered. well it was a very thoughtful very searching out tires very philosophical speech should i think in the end what he was trying to say is that the celebration of unity not only concerns the unity between germans from us. and west which is obviously the reason
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why we are celebrating the state today but he was also trying to extend this idea of unity to the need for unity between different parts of the population not just east and west but also the poor and the more well to do the political elites and those who feel that the political leader has somehow left them behind and also including migrants who have come into germany in larger numbers in the last few years so the idea of unity the idea of being. a unified country where people look after each other or something i think that he was trying to emphasize on this day of unity and twenty eight years after this political reification what are the main differences that still divide people in the former east and west. but i think you have to say that people in east germany still have a different mentality they grew up or rather they come out of a communist country for forty years which had a very different society
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a very different public life and better still something that one can feel in parts of eastern germany and i think people that come from that area also still have that in their in their society in their feelings and in their thoughts and in their attitudes to life in general i think one can say then that there is a large brick feeling of dissatisfaction still in eastern germany a feeling that the east in some sense has been overwhelmed by society from the west by western ways of living and that people in the east in some sense. disadvantage still in the situation in this modern germany which from their perspective is really. is really ruled by western ideas and western thought has given those differences what is the mood in the country today is that more celebrate tory twenty eight years after unification or is it one more of resignation. well here
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where i am obviously there is celebration going on there will be going it will be going on until late into the night with concerts and even a fireworks display at the end of the night but i think in general the mood in the country is rather similar to the way that. they held a speech today it's searching it's questioning it's a somewhat uncertain and even though germany is doing well economically very very well people are concerned about the future this has a lot to do with political changes taking place with the rise of right wing populist parties in the country and the weakness of the current governing parties the christian social democrats fly of i'm going to marco and the social democrats rooting together in a coalition both these parties are losing support in public feeling and it's not quite certain how germany is going to develop there is this feeling of somberness rather than a feeling of uncertainty all right our correspondent hans front in central berlin
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for us today following the seventies thank you hans. now indonesia has raised the number of dead in last week's quake to more than fourteen hundred survivors of the disaster are facing their fifth day with little food and water some aid is now being delivered to the region but the government admits the relief effort is slow and blames widespread damage to infrastructure and a lack of fuel. and heartache reports from public. all morning nordin has been running from one government distribution center to another but he keeps being turned away the aid is being taken to other places there's food and water in this truck do you know where they're going all that amount of i don't know what we do know is all the aid from this place is going to the main relief center. he shows us a whole list of things he desperately needs for himself and his family twenty four people had signed in stamp but he still ends up with nothing. in it and so at the
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end i registered and started hearing yesterday but i was told to come back today. when i was here early in the morning they told me i'd come to the wrong place. they should i should have gone to a different distribution center that look like they're going to get a lot. of distribution centers like this one all around the city people are lining up to get supplies but because according nation of aid distribution is still an issue many end up empty handed. like noureddine he takes me home to meet his family they've all been living under a tarp since the earthquake especially the children are traumatized. but when you don't go back there because even when there's no earthquake off to shock i always feel like the ground is moving around like i'm really afraid sad then i realize there's no earthquake but because i'm so afraid i'm imagining it always feel like it's moving i'm scared to go inside
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a house by myself at only go with my parents if they're not with me i won't go in it and i see. they're telling me they're running low on food and drinking water it's the smallest who suffer the most many of the children are sick and hungry the youngest is only one month old. my baby isn't in very good health at the moment she has a rash because of the heat we need milk diapers medicine and other things for her. nordin family are not alone in their fear and despair all over paul and thousands are camping out and supplies are scarce at every turn. nowhere is this more obvious than at the city's gas stations. the distribution of the valuable commodity is heavily guarded. the prices at this regulated pump are as always
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but on the black market gas sells for up to five times as much fuel is a lifeline. some people here have been waiting for seven hours just to get five liters of gas they need it not only to power their motor bikes and cars but also generators that create electricity so they can charge for example their mobile phones to stay in touch and receive updates on the situation from the authorities the lines here are endless at the moment we're at number seven hundred eighty nine and there are many more canisters and serif here is the one writing the numbers on them but at the moment he can't because his pen has run out. yet another he cup if ever so slight in their attempt to organize the chaos. but with more help promised the people here hope they can soon start to rebuild their ravaged lives. now some other stories making headlines around the world u.s.
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tax authorities say that they are investigating allegations that donald trump helped his family dodge millions of dollars in taxes this after a report in the new york times citing what it says is a huge trove of tax records largely from the u.s. president's father fred the white house has slammed the report as misleading. french police have recaptured an armed robber who made a daring jailbreak three months ago. was seized in a police raid on an apartment in northern france and he was freed from prison in july by gunmen who hijacked a helicopter. and celebrations at japan's space agency after a german french lander touched down on an asteroid the mascot the probe was launched aboard a japanese rocket nearly four years ago it's part of an effort to find clues about the origin of the solar system. now the world swedish academy of sciences and stockholm has announced this year's nobel prize for chemistry the three recipients are francis h. arnold and george p. smith of the u.s.
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and britain gregory winter the nobel committee said they'd be been given the prestigious award for their work in developing proteins that solve humankind's chemical problems. and let's talk more about that work with derrick williams from d.w. science has been following this story for us so you told me earlier that these researchers actually work in different fields so tell us more about why they are sharing this prize with the economy so that they were they were given the prize based on the scientific revolution based on evolution now so basically what both of these what both of these researchers have in common what the work what all three of these researchers what their work has in common is that they directed evolution to two to produce very particular proteins and proteins are the basis of life and they've been selected over the over hundreds of millions of years and organisms to prolong life there's the question of the survival of the fittest so so they can evolve
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fairly slowly over a longer period of time what these researchers did in their work was they speeded up evolution they directed it to a very particular endpoint that they specifically wanted to have which was a particular protein either and or an antibody ok let's look at this research in detail first starting with francis arnold what was she awarded for she was awarded because she was actually a lot of the workflows that she set up were really provided the basis in the foundation for this kind of technology in the early ninety's that she worked to with with enzymes out enzymes if you're. number back to your high school biology class there are those chemicals that cause reactions to happen faster you have to take a less energy into the whole of the reaction in order to make it happen now and she produced enzymes basically what her setup was was to do this in microorganisms she pushed a very particular and she put them into a very difficult environment and she pushed over and over again the winners in that particular environment to. to reproduce and at the end she after just
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a few generations she'd come up with microorganisms that were capable of doing work a very specific chemical task hundreds of times better than their predecessors so she provided the sort of basic proof of concept and what about a george smith and gregory winter tell us about their research well they went in of a completely different direction they didn't work with enzymes they worked with antibodies they used these these viruses called bacteria phages to generate these antibodies that are. much much more powerful and much more effective than are found in nature so they took it rather in the direction instead of the direction of applications that for example could be used in an industry which are think and zines for example they took it in the direction of health and because of their work we're now able to produce antibodies that have been on the market now for about a decade and a half and that the really the great hope for the future of health care in everything from treating cancer to also maybe even possibly potentially one day
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also hammers disease all right fascinating research there congratulations to francis arnold george smith and gregory winter dark williams from our science department thank you very much derek. now britain's prime minister theresa may has called for unity in her conservative party tories are divided over may's approach to negotiations with the european union over leaving the bloc. now addressing at congress of her conservative party in birmingham england may repeat. position that the u.k. was prepared to leave the e.u. without a deal on free trade with brussels pressure is growing on the conservatives ahead of an e.u. summit in two weeks now out that some of the remaining twenty seven e.u. countries are expected to insist on a resolution over the issue of avoiding our hard border northern ireland and the republic of ireland. and let's hear a bit of what may have to say about the talks to leave the e.u. we are proposing is very challenging for the e.u.
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but if we stick together and hold on the i know we can get a deal that the british to thank what's go right to choose out of the congress and birmingham high burka i have to start with theresa make coming out onto the stage dancing to a string of dancing queen by the swedish pop group what was the message she was trying to send there. well that was quite an entrance that the prime minister's delivered and it plays to video to how it went viral when she was in a recent visit to south africa and she was showing off some moves and she was really ridiculed for it on social media so now she came in and she said i'm the dancing queen so really self-deprecating and actually a really funny. taking back control loop of the of the private is taking control
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of her public image in this instance or so might have been a smart move or have to see how that plays out now brags that negotiations they were at the core of her speech and let's listen to what she said about those negotiations. if we all go off in different directions in pursuit of our own visions of the perfect breck's it we were is ending up with no. thanks all right to theresa may talking about the risk of no deal at all do you think that appeal for party unity in a very divided party right now will be effective. delegates here loved they gave her a lot of of laws i think it was quite a good speech she was in control she delivered really wealthy she had some good jokes it was a speech that was roe well written and it clearly was a speech that was pandering to haldia and smelly here in the past days i've spoken
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to many delegates many are hoping for quite a heartbreak siddons reason may was playing to that audience when she said i'm standing up for britain she said she was prepared to leave with no deal but you have to remember that this is the audience her domestic audience that she talks to the party faithful and many want to leave the e.u. at any cost they regard the u.s. and the elected bureaucrats there are for them they are demons antagonists so she has to get these people on board but of course she's also going to you have to negotiate again with our partners in the e.u. and she said she wants to keep our partners as friends and allies and it should stay that way she did get applause also for that sentence but she got more applause when she said but we're also prepared to walk away with no deal and i had to create content with one e.u. diplomat after the speech just wondering what this might mean for the negotiations
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and he said well we didn't really expect that she would move on the e.u. front so the deal goes the asians are continuing to be difficult but this is not the end of the road are give is broken. yes reporting for us from birmingham england thank you very much. to a bit of sports now and the champions league byron munich had to settle for a one one draw at home last night against ajax it was a dream start for byron with defender months heading them in front after just four minutes it was his first goal for the club in almost a year but after twenty two minutes the dutch side tied the score through a new sire. the game ended one one leaving biron without a win in their last three matches including their blindness league games. and let's take a look now at the scores from last night's champions league match ups a late goal lifted manchester city over hoffenheim one a thriller at athens and shocked drew you bent to shut out young boys defending
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champs real madrid were beaten in moscow manchester united were left in the scoreless draw hosting valencia and roma easily defeated czech side. all right how does business now and how it seems like the e.u. might have got let's way with world potentially syria that's after a rather stunned reprimand last week from the european commission president john claudie younker where the italian government announced plans to increase its public spending for next year now it seems brussels may have prompted room to compromise when it comes to next year's budget by scaling back its spending financial markets have been jittery in the face of what some fear could lead to a new euro debt crisis. prime minister do separate countries main focus is on damage control after a meeting with top ministers the italian leader pledged to shrink his nation's debt burden in a later interview italy's economics minister provided more details he said the
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government wanted to gradually reduce the country's debt in stages from two point four percent to two percent of g.d.p. within three years italy's new debt is a hot topic across europe right now after all the country is the euro zone's third largest economy yet struggling its national debt is twice what it should be unemployment is high the country's banks stand on shaky ground and the e.u. has long demanded the introduction of reforms but there are still many in italy's populist government who want to increase spending not reduce it it was one of their key election promises for a murder india to retreat from two point four percent would mean telling italians you won't retire we won't raise your pension we won't compensate those cheated by the banks and we won't establish a basic income so we won't back down and if necessary we'll explain it in public square as. there's clearly still much to discuss and prime minister contact will
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tackle the issue again today clarity will be essential for nervous financial markets too this week the yield on italian benchmark bombs hit three point four percent and almost five year high. for more on this we can bring in that going he's the chief economist at zurich insurance mr miller how do you borges said if he were better off leaving the eurozone prompting the euro to fall to a six week low a serious consequence there but how seriously should we take his comments. well that makes good headlines but i think the reality is highly unlikely clearly were italy to try and leave the euro and it would be a pretty expensive they would result in italian selling off dramatically and unfortunately put italy into a tailspin leading to a severe recession and what happens to italy and what is bad for italy frankly is also bad for the euro zone's that would have grave consequences in the euro zone
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and globally i mean you say that it's highly unlikely but we do have to recognize the fact that it's only has a rebellious and euro skeptic government so surely you must be treating the prospect of the needing the eurozone as a risk and wouldn't the consequences be catastrophic. absolutely the consequences would be catastrophic i think you're also right in terms of saying this new government is much less predictable but i think there's a difference between rhetoric and reality i think what we've seen really in the last week since the latest budget deficit was announced we've seen spreads versus. versus government bonds really believed to more than three hundred basis points and that's an issue for the cost of carrying that huge amount of debt that at least bill has and is a big issue for the italian banks which are still very vulnerable talking about the issue of public these public deficit and that criticism from you was young wrong to criticize that because it is within the current limits that increase in the
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italian deputy prime minister. accuses you of pushing out rooms cost of borrowing by likening italy to greece that he's right in this particular spot. well i think the deficit surprised the markets and it surprised investors generally given what the finance minister have been speaking about in the weeks before when you have been speaking about potentially a one point six percent deficit you saw spreads come in the financial markets were rewarding what was deemed to be a conservative and reasonable budget deficit target the trouble is the budget deficit is two point four percent each of the next three years that is likely to actually push up debt to g.d.p. the reason that the finance minister and others are saying it's ok because there are groups assumptions is much higher than i think reality would be so all depends on how well it's lee does briefly italy is the second most indebted nation in the eurozone how much of a risk does it pose to the overall health of the current countries like germany for
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example. i think it's a huge risk because the financial interlink g.'s are incredible they're vaster they're bigger than they were to the finance the financial crisis and eurozone crisis the target to mechanism means that all you are is the zone countries are intertwined and therefore what matters to italy doesn't matter for germany it doesn't matter for the rest of the euro zone and i think any move any further talk about leaving the euro zone i think would lead to financial disruption and potentially risky growth dynamic all viewers which is still pretty good so important to watch what is said as much as what it is done when it comes to the health of the euro zone chief economist at zurich insurance good to have your perspective. well the italian government has found one way to bring in some extra cash is just auctioned off its ultra fast five g. frequencies raking in an unexpected six and a half billion euros that's well over two and a half times more than it had hoped for vodafone italy and telecom italia say they
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have committed around two point four billion euros between them the surprising calm is a boon for and meanwhile other countries are planning similar auctions with germany set to sell off its fifth generation frequencies next spring. will inflation in turkey has hit another high according to government figures it surged by almost twenty five percent on a yearly basis and that is its highest point in a decade and a half month a month in september it rose six point three percent far exceeding four costs behind the inflation is a deepening currency crisis dogging the country the turkish lira has lost forty percent of its value this year alone. undermined and other top stories we're following for you the president all the japanese a parliament. has called on germans to defend democracy and the rule of law was speaking at official ceremonies in but into monday german unity day the year
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anniversary of the german reunification in. nineteen nineteen. and british prime minister theresa may has called on her conservative party to unite behind her plan to leave the european union she said she believed she could win a deal that quote delivers from portent the party quote held that snuff critics within the party are pushing for a harder breaks it. all watching the news live from but i'm having a home free plenty more coming up at the top of the hour and of course you can always get the latest on our web site that is dave up any dot com taxes over for your company i'll see you again very soon.
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