this is the dubliners live from berlin germany marks the anniversary of reunification following the fall of the golden wall nearly thirty years ago. the country's leaders gather at the state opera house in the capital and described the reunification of east and west germany as a success of acknowledge that divisions remain also on the program to go inside a house by myself at indigo with my parents if they're not with me i won't go into it. in the wake of indonesia's earthquake and tsunami d.-w.

is with one of the thousands of families struggling with the after the. u.s. presidential trump under fire from fellow republicans after mocking the woman who says she was sexually assaulted by supreme court nominee. i'm phil graham welcome to the program we begin here in germany which has been marking its day of unity politicians that sentiment is across the u.s. capital praised the progress made in the twenty eight years since the country's east and west were formally reunited but they also raise concerns about the divisions that remain a cold on german city fan democracy against the rise of right wing populist. music by plato often. scene is the quintessential

a german composer they overture to his opera fidelio by turns quiet and thoughtful then loud and passionate. almost like a wake up call for germany twenty eight years since reunification. now president of the parliament was going to show you there was one of the politicians who negotiated the treaty that opened the door to german reunification that will be his political legacy but he reminded germans that unification is always an ongoing process i didn't look toward violence and looked unity of our state was achieved on that october the one nine hundred ninety of unanimity over what it is that unites us is something we must constantly strive to rio church. sheidlower went on to describe reunification as the second chance for germany and that is why he said germany must be vigilant in the face of any attempt to avoid facing up to the responsibilities of history regards. the people used in germany as

elsewhere we see populists with the arrogance to call on the people to rise up against their political opponents against imagined or actual minorities against those elected by the people but no one no one has the right to claim that he or she is the sole representative of the people's will. for the day to us what it. should be as words will have resonated with many germans at this time despite the party atmosphere at the brandenburg gate germany is facing some difficult and controversial issues. smack me is that what's happening right now worries me but generally i hope that the majority of people are still intelligent enough to oppose these developments. and exert it in my home as if. i'm very worried about right wing tendencies and xenophobia which is still on the rise in our country and . not far from the celebrations at the brandenburg gate more than a thousand right wing extremists gathered outside berlin central railway station to

protest against chancellor angela merkel against what they called the biased press and against think noons. although they couldn't hear him outside the station as words were addressed to such people as well as the rest of the nation. for she denied so are accepting differences recognizing the diversity of legitimate opinions and interests and realizing that your own ideas are not the measure of all things that is the way of thinking which will lead to more unity in our society to me i'm going mind some courage to soften chancellor merkel echoed the idea that german unification is still ongoing after. this now twenty eight years on we know that what we call german unity is a process a long journey which over and over. again means we must listen to each other's points of view whip together and not give up jim and unity is not finished twenty eight years on it is still a continuous challenge. and so this year's day of german unity

ended as it began peaceful pensive with contradictions and conciliation. let's get more on this from a veteran german journalist vanna zona welcome to the w. so what we're talking about twenty eight years since the two germans east and west were reunited a recent survey says that only one in three east germans believe the country has grown more united since the one nine hundred ninety why is the view from that side so negative well if you would travel as a foreigner or from west germany to his germany you would not see any difference anymore after twenty eight years east germany has been rebuilt and yet there is a dark cloud hanging over they of celebration and rightly so because a lot of people in these germany have a huge problem with a lot of things forty six percent say in

a paul that they have problems with the concept of democracy and that is very virus of a problem with the concept of democracy doing who why. well they feel left behind it's the same phenomenon that you see in the united states where a lot of people millions of people in the same big democracy also feel that way and there's a growing gap between the so-called elite ruling classes the way they see it and the people in east germany you find that also in west germany but very much less so . and this seems to explain possibly what is happening there and of course on top of this you have to refugee crisis and people traditionally in is germany not used to have. among themselves the huge battle cry in the peaceful revolution in one thousand eight hundred nine was we are the people and no

right people say we are the people and meaning the us the foreigners the immigrants the refugees the not so let's talk about this idea of being left behind other real differences in life and life opportunities between east and west germany well the vast majority of the people in east germany live so much better so much better than thirty years ago and coming to germany but the fact of the facts support the idea that the kind of are left behind in wages in a political live and a lot of huge german industry do not have quarters in germany that but that doesn't mean nothing is getting produced in germany m.w. for example is producing in leipzig portions producing. we have a little silicon valley which is doing very well so it's a very make spec there but this seems to be why then we say the east of germany

spain is this hotbed of right wing activism with and the likes of the f.t. having a lot of support there and is what is this anti muslim piggy to movement. yes absolutely and the reason why a lot of people support the so-called alternative for germany is the this is a protest movement for them and the key word here is recognition a lot of people in east germany do not feel that they get the recognition for their life or what they have achieved over the past thirty years or so and they want to be heard i think that is the key for all the problems that we have now and is germany talking to thank you so much for joining us venezuela thank you for having me. german chancellor angela merkel travel to israel strikes after today celebrations ahead of talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu a visit is taking place to make deep policy disagreements between germany and israel of the palestinian territories and the round it comes as the european union

attempts to salvage the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal which is something a prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a fiercely opposed to most of the talks will be held on thursday with the two leaders expected to discuss foreign and security policy as well as regional issues the w.'s israel correspondent as well. it is a short visit here for chancellor merkel her cabinet and a business delegation in less than twenty four hours she received her third on the rate doctorate from an israeli university meet with president rivlin and head together with prime minister netanyahu this us government consultations chancellor merkel often described israeli german relations as unique given the shared history of both countries this year's consultations are to focus on the economy technology and innovation however it is expected that merkel in a ten yahoo also discussing topics that disagree about the iran nuclear deal the

israeli palestinian conflict in particular the us cuts in funding for the un agency for palestinian refugees. this it might also be overshadowed by the new ming demolition of the bedded in villages hunted. to swim in the occupied west bank the plans have been criticized by germany and other countries and palestinians would expect determined chancellor to israel to stop the demolition. criminal reporting from jerusalem now to some of the other stories making news around the world british prime minister theresa may house call for unity within her conservative party which is divided over how to approach to breakfast negotiations with the european union addressing the conservative party conference mrs may repeated her position that britain was willing to leave the block without a deal rather than face what she called a bad deal. when is the best year's nobel prize for chemistry have been announced

they are frances on all times george smith of the united states and britain's gregory went a bit of a committee said they've been chosen for their work in developing proteins that sold human kinds of chemical problems. for us first lady milan your trump has laid a wreath at a castle in ghana where african slaves. held before being shipped across the atlantic to america is the first stop of a five day solo tour of africa she will sort of visit malawi kenya and egypt. or sources in indonesia say the number of dead from last week's earthquake and tsunami is now more than fourteen hundred survivors are facing a fifth day with little food and water some aid is now reaching the region but the government admits the relief effort is slow and blames widespread damage to infrastructure and a lack of fuel they don't believe bastin heartsick reports from pollard whether to

nami it 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. 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. and 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 under the. 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 they don't go back there because even when there's no earthquake off to shock i always feel like the ground is moving along that i'm really afraid sad and then i realize there's no earthquake but because i'm so afraid i'm imagining it didn't always feel like it's moving i'm scared to go inside a house by myself at only go with my parents if they're not with me i won't go in it's him last who. are 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 paulo 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. prices at this regulated pump are as always 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 hick up 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. the u.s. president is facing criticism from fellow republicans for mocking one of the women who say they were sexually assaulted by supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh off now this comes as lawmakers await results of an f.b.i. investigation into judge no over the allegations president trump made the comments at a campaign rally in mississippi. the crowds at the trump rally seems to have made up their minds about the president's

supreme court nominee trump on his part use the occasion to mock the apparent holes in the testimony of christine blassie forward she appeared before a senate judiciary committee hearing last week to give her account of an alleged attack by kavanagh i had one beer. right i had one before. well you think was it not it was wonder a good how did you get home i don't remember how did you get there i don't remember where is the place i don't remember how many years ago once and i don't know i. faced strong criticism from members of his own party on his return to washington. d.c. the words were in or out and this is going to restaurants there are hearing. it is trying statements on ford have varied significantly since her testimony at first he described her as a very credible witness but days later he was highlighting gaps in her memory of

a white house counselor kellyanne conway defended the president's about face she's been treated like everything all of us unique and the president is putting out factual inconsistency you have corroboration from her claims that you can't see is making you fill in her memory gaps her ink in her factual inconsistency that is part of the evidence gathering process in any hunt for truth there is to pretend that they're searching for truth already voting against i'm not sure which right supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is fetes now alliance with a handful of undecided senators from both sides of the aisle awaiting the results of the f.b.i. investigation a vote on kevin or is expected later this week. let's get into this with a w correspondent stuff and simon's in washington welcome stuff and so what sort of effects are the president's remarks likely to have on senators getting ready to vote on brett kavanaugh nomination. all the fears and political washington that includes commentators observers as well as politicians from both

sides of the aisle that it has a negative impact on on three critical people or three critical senators for this world and these are you mentioned susan collins jeff flake and lisa murkowski those three g.o.p. republican senators not full fledged behind the kavanaugh nomination effort so these are the critical votes in a vote which is supposed to be happening on friday after the f.b.i. report will be released now having said friday that today on wednesday there were rumors that the f.b.i. report is already ready to be released the g.o.p. had indicated that the republicans that indicated that but it doesn't seem to be the case however there is a deadline friday for the f.b.i. . to file the report a reminder here the f.b.i. in this report will not draw any conclusions they will interview and talk to people they will write down what they have learned from those people in those interviews

and make this available to the white house and to the senate so if brett kavanaugh his nomination for democrats and with someone even more unpalatable to them. that's absolutely that's a great question number one and number two it's absolutely possible however though democrats are probably speculating and that is shared by some commentators and most observers here. the democrats are trying to. do range and detract this nomination of kevin a for two reasons number one of course they're not happy with the candidate itself and they see really really big problems with kevin in making future decisions in the supreme court or on the supreme court number two gave the republicans failed to bring their candidate through and fails to bring the candidate through that the democrats think will have a major impact on the upcoming midterm elections it will be to their benefit so

this is about to be seen ok good talking to thank you for that stuff and so i was in washington business tied up with how do i get us with the new york times story that's completely contradicts president trump's claims to be a self-made millionaire that's right phil and that would of course mean another problem for donald trump he has no shortage of affairs and scandals as we know but what the new york times just revealed could damage the image of the u.s. president and what he has built for himself because apparently he built his image but not his fortune the article states that don't trump didn't become rich as an entrepreneur after all it was largely the result of his family's questionable tax tricks. us president donald trump likes to present himself as a self-made billionaire and entrepreneur. according to him he took a one time loan of a million dollars from his father and used it to create an empire worth billions.

but a recent new york times article could destroy that image after months of research the reporters have collected piles of financial files belonging to the trump clan according to the documents trump's father fred didn't just give him a one time loan. he regularly gave millions. sometimes in the form of real estate. all told the transfers amounted to around half a billion dollars the transfers to donald trump and his siblings were made to evade paying taxes and the president knowingly took part in the fraud. reallocations may no longer be relevant under criminal law because they were made to long ago but if the allegations are true the city of new york for example could still claim millions in damages and it doesn't look good for the president if he systematically evaded taxes. so it's not surprising that trump had his lawyers state that the accusations of tax evasion and fraud are one hundred percent false. we

stay in the us a survey by payroll processor a.d.p. showed strong hiring by private businesses in the united states in september and services firms produced more and hired more workers the national employment report showed private payrolls jumped by two hundred thirty thousand jobs in september the largest gain since february while a report from the institute for supply management showed services secretary hit a twenty one year high in september the data helped heels on the ten year u.s. treasury note hit its highest level in over seven years. that's clearly very good news for the u.s. economy let's bring in our new york financial correspondent in new york who has been following the story for us and it's good to see you again what does wall street make of these apparently really good numbers. yeah the economy remains hot and it is pretty likely that we are actually right in the

middle of the longest expansion faces in the history of the country by the way we will get more economic reports especially on friday when what analysts estimate will show that the unemployment rate has dropped to a three point eight percent and we haven't seen the unemployment rate lower since nine hundred sixty nine so in almost fifty years and wall street does those numbers obviously they're not too scared of higher interest rates even if the movement if you mention it was the yields on the treasury markets are hinting to more interest rate increases but that is not shying investors away we set another record for the dollar jones industrial average if i'm not mistaken it was the one hundred second. record that the dow jones industrial average hit since u.s. president. took over office nothing seems to scare mark is no matter what news we

see when we see all those record levels one or the other some fear overheating or even a bubble are we there yet and well the sky's the limit and so far a lot will depend on earnings. if the market is overvalued or not and over earnings season will start next week when the first big banks will be coming out with their quarterly results we will probably get another strong earnings growth for most us called peroration is what we will see is if the stronger u.s. dollar is hurting business and overseas market we will see if tariffs will play a role and then also comments will be crucial if we might have seen peak earnings growth so all of those could be factors to be a damper on the stock market at this point it's called to at the york stock exchange thank you very much for the analysis. sarah loaders and japanese carmaker

honda announced a joint venture to develop self driven vehicles both companies already have a partnership for the production of electric cars but now they want to keep up with the struggle petition from tech companies to bring truly autonomous cars to the mass market. is becoming europe's new problem child some say the italian economy has been an issue for years and now the new economic plans of the italian government are increasingly worrying brussels after italy said it would increase public spending starting next year the president of the european commission junk lord your car ended up warning the government to scale back its spending instead the markets fear a new euro debt crisis could be on the horizon. prime minister juiced up a contest 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 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 its struggling and its national debt is twice what it should be on employment 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 the key election promises. to retreat from two point four percent would mean telling italians you won't retire we went 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. this clearly still much to discuss and prime minister content will

tackle the issue again today clarity will be essential for financial markets to this week the yield on italian benchmark bombs hit three point four percent and almost five year high. it's all for business and for g.w. news for now but phil gale is preparing to bring you the day's top stories on the day you stay with us if you have stopped by.

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a story about the music. and those two helped. when paul came over the sea from cameroon to berlin starts october fourth on t.w. . today is a national holiday in germany that i had hearts german unity day commemorating out of the countries for the unification in one thousand nine hundred ninety but east west for that's a goal divisions remain of wealth employment and dispassionately migration i'm phil gayle in berlin this is the day.